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a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
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pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
Federal Reserve Remains Opaque for Now
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:44 PM
Today, the Senate voted for Senator Sanders's shell game on transparency in place of supporting true accountability for the Federal Reserve. Sanders's amendment, which was watered down late Thursday evening to include only a menial disclosure of information on the central bank's activities, passed unanimously. Senator Vitter's amendment, which we supported, adopted language identical to the true Federal Reserve transparency bill first authored by Rep. Ron Paul in the House, was struck down 62-37. To see the Senators who voted against Federal Reserve accountability, click here. With spending transparency gaining momentum across the country at all levels of government, we hope it won't be long until this issue is addressed again.
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