Urgent Action Starts Today: Senate Out To STRIP "Audit The Fed" H.R. 4173 - Call Your Senators

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Here is what I wrote to Feinstein:

Dear Senator Feinstein,

I wrote to you previously asking you to support S 604 to audit the federal reserve, as I expect many others of your constituents did as well. Meanwhile, HR 1207, the companion to S 604 was incorporated into the financial reform bill in the House. At the time it was in committee an attempt was made to substitute a different 'audit' provision which would have actually restricted audits of the federal reserve more than they are restricted now, instead of opening up its dealings with foreign central banks, etc.

I understand that Senator Dodd, et al. are trying now to replace the audit provision in the Senate proposal again with the same language rejected in Committee in the House.

I am asking you to fight this attempt and to support the original language of S 604 in the bill, and in fact to try to get it passed as a stand alone bill.

It is outrageous that the Federal Reserve is not entirely transparent to the people's representatives in Congress, who are the ones to whom the Constitution gives power over monetary policy.

Thank you for your attention.

Senator Shelby is my senator. I called his office today and first asked if he supported a full audit of the Federal Reserve. The lady on the phone told me that he did. I then asked her about his attempt to strip it from the financial reform package making its way through the senate. She told me that what I heard was incorrect information that had been leaked, and that he supports an audit. So, I'm going to also call his local offices and see if I get the same answer. I also plan to make my questions more specific, i.e. monetary policy, expanding fed powers, etc. I'll post again once I have spoke with them.

Senator ______,

I'm going to keep this message short and to the point. I do not support the measure by Bob Corker, Richard Shelby, Chris Dodd and Judd Gregg to strip the Audit of the Federal Reserve language from the Financial Reform Package.

The Federal Reserve, which is a privately held bank, is fully and undoubtedly responsible for the financial bubbles that have plagued our nation since the Great Depression. Raising and lowering of the interest rate as well as the manipulation that is perpetuated in the Gold and Silver markets only validates the concerns of most every American -- that the Federal Reserve needs to be reined in!

Congressman Ron Paul recently alleged that the Federal Reserve helped funnel billions of dollars to Saddam Hussein as well as members the Watergate scandal. The FED's refusal to allow congressional inquiry or public insight is absolutely horrific and terribly un-American.

Senator, I do not support striping the Audit of the Federal Reserve measure from the Financial Reform package. Please do not support any initiative that does so. Doing so will only demonstrate your collusion with Wall Street and your disillusionment from Main Street.

Sincerely,

Adam
___ CO

does the HR not get converted over to a senate bill when in the senate? like H.R. 1207 and S.604?

The two Wicked witches of the West are a lost cause on this topic. They have been bought and sold a long time ago.

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you should post that Voinovich has decided not to go up for reelection so people on here don't call and threaten that they will vote him out of office, so we can seem like we at least know what is going on when we call these senators. There will be nothing worse than if we call Voinovich and tell him we will vote against him depending on which way he goes on this. Just some helpful info for you. Keep up the great work!!!!