DeMint amendment to audit the Federal Reserve blocked by Senate Leadership
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"A little while ago, the Senate voted to pass HR 2918, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. This $3 billion bill contains, among many other things, provisions for GAO audits on certain agencies.Seizing on a chance to take quick action to bring Audit the Fed up for a vote, and with the GAO provisions in mind, Senator DeMint attached the full text of S 604, the Senate version of Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill, to HR 2918 as Senate Amendment 1367 before it was considered for final passage.
However, Senate Democrats refused to even allow a vote on the amendment! That’s right. The internationalist, Fed-loving elite in the Senate used a parliamentary tactic to shut down DeMint’s amendment.
After Senator DeMint brought Audit the Fed to the floor, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska raised a “point of order” to prevent a vote, claiming that the amendment violated Senate Rule 16 by “legislating” on an appropriations bill. The Senate president agreed, and the amendment was shot down.
Senator DeMint did not back down, though, and directly challenged Senate leadership by pointing out the other GAO audits contained in the bill. As Senator DeMint listed them off, the Senate president was forced to agree with Senator DeMint that each one he described, all of which would be left in for final passage, also violated Senate Rule 16.
Which tells us at least one thing: the problem wasn’t with “legislating” on the bill or violating Senate Rules (which is commonly done). Shooting down the amendment was about preventing a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve for the first time in its history!"
Source - http://www.infowars.com/
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interditx
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Until we vote out these ball less politicians this is how far the people are going to get on these bills.
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interditx
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Metanoia
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The "source" was for the article. I did not write it. The video is from c-span I think. Actually watch the video then form an opinion. It is incredibly narrow minded to just dismiss the whole thing because you saw infowars in the text.
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Metanoia
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jh64487
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infowars = voted down
post better sources, info wars is about as reliable and honest as fox news.
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jh64487
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zoloftkid
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jh64487:
You are very right about infowars, but the video is good. You can't get a better source than that footage. Right?
- 7 months ago
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zoloftkid
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zoloftkid
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...damn senate...HR 1207 is doing so good in the House...corrupt senators are going to kill this whole thing....damn...
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zoloftkid
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norfair18
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Demint is probably the only sane member in the senate.
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norfair18
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