Thursday, June 11, 2009
Truths about torture soon to be revealed....
A crucial CIA Inspector General’s report from May 2004 is expected to reveal some long-hidden truths about the Bush administration’s use of torture. According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, “This report is sort of the big kahuna in terms of what we have been waiting to see from the government’s own files on torture. That report, which is long and has been described by people who have seen it as ’sickening,’ apparently stopped the torture program in its tracks.”...Link
US House to debate ‘Audit the Fed’ bill....
After months of activism and lobbying by Congressman Ron Paul’s supporters, House Resolution 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, will move out of committee to be debated by the full House of Representatives. In a show of cross-party unity, Ohio Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich became the bill’s 218th co-sponsor, pushing it over the threshold for debate in Congress. The bill, which achieved co-sponsorship by 222 members of the House on Thursday, has been in consideration by the House Financial Services Committee since Feb. 26...Link
Sen. DeMint co-sponsors S. 604...........
Senator Jim DeMint recently became the first co-sponsor of S. 604 --- the Senate version of Congressman Ron Paul's H.R. 1207 to audit the Federal Reserve...
HR 1207 - 222 co-sponsors................
kucinich finally wised up.........
Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
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