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Alan Grayson Says “Audit the Fed”
Firedoglake — ... Sign the statement here that will be circulated to members of Congress as Rep. Grayson tries to get the 53 more cosponsors needed to pass the bill. And be sure to check the box if you'd like to have your name publicly displayed on the page. ...

Alan Grayson says 'Audit the Fed'
Commondreams.org Views — ... . And if they aren't one of the 135 Republicans or 30 Democrats cosponsoring this bill, why not? Sign the statement here that will be circulated to members of Congress as Rep. Grayson tries to get the 53 more cosponsors needed to pass the bill. And be sure to check the box if you'd like to have your name publicly displayed on the page.

Obama Issues Signing Statement, Can Withhold Information from Pecora Commission
Firedoglake — ... Goldman Sachs, AIG, and the bank bailout. This signing statement could be used to protect him from inquiry. There is a serious need for more transparency about the financial world, as anyone who has seen Alan Grayson's questioning of the Fed's Inspector General earlier this month can attest to (video). Please help Rep. Grayson by endorsing his efforts to get his fellow Democrats in the House to cosponsor the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Sign the statement here. Share

Rep. Raul Grijalva Joins Alan Grayson, Cosponsors Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Firedoglake — ... asking them to join him cosponsoring the bill which gives the GAO the authority to audit the Federal Reserve. Bernie Sanders has a similar bill in the Senate, but has no cosponsors. Rep. Grijalva brings the total of Democratic cosponsors to 30. There are 136 Republican House members already cosponsoring the bill, and 218 votes are needed in the House for passage. You can endorse the bill and Rep. Grayson's letter to his colleagues here. Share

Honor Roll
Corrente — ... , Bill Greider, Stirling Newberry, ANWF, Les Leopold, Mike Lux and others in supporting Alan Grayson and asking Democratic members of Congress to cosponsor the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Please sign the petition [at ...

Alan Grayson, a real maverick, takes on the Fed
Crooks and Liars — ... . And if they aren't one of the 135 136 Republicans or 30 29 Democrats cosponsoring this bill, why not? Sign the statement here that will be circulated to members of Congress as Rep. Grayson tries to get the 53 more cosponsors needed to pass the bill. And be sure to check the box if you'd like to have your name publicly displayed on the page. ...

HR1207. [JHoward]
protein wisdom — ... cool thing, illustrating what point he does have. A petition supporting HR1207 is gathering the momentum of strange bedfellows, meaning from a pile of Republicans and a number of notable leftwing fruitwingbats.

Barbara Ehrenreich Endorses Alan Grayson Campign to Reform the Fed
Firedoglake — ... You can endorse H.R. 1207 and Rep. Grayson's efforts here. Your name will be circulated to members of Congress as part of the campaign to attract cosponsors for the bill. ...

Join the Call for Fed Transparency
Discourse.net — The Fed is one of the most autonomous parts of our government, arguably for good reasons. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be accountable. Which is why I signed the petition at action.firedoglake.com in support of The Federal Reserve Transparency Act. You can too. ...

Fourteen More Cosponsors Join Alan Grayson, Sign On to Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Firedoglake — ... Over 4,700 people have signed on to have their names circulated to Congress as part of Rep. Grayson's efforts to get cosponsors for the bill. You can add your name here. ...

Clearing the Cache: A Perfectly Modern Witch Hunt
techPresident — ... hands out an excellence in online organizing award to the Courage Campaign. Green calls out for particular praise a new video that aligns California's majority vote against marriage equality with taking away health care, fair pay, and access to housing. Sunlight's Bill Allison asks "[W]hy is government depending on Nexis searches for its data on Recovery spending?" Dems join push for a little transparency out of the Federal Reserve. The New York State ...

Naomi Wolf, OMB Watch Endorse Alan Grayson’s Campaign to Reform the Fed
Firedoglake — ... The Federal Reserve Transparency Act currently has 181 cosponsors. You can add your name in support here. Your name will be circulated to members of Congress in order to solicit more cosponsors for the bill. ...

Obama’s Financial Overhaul — More Like a Tune-Up
Firedoglake — ... through which it has lavished cheap loans in return for questionable collateral from the banking system. It has kept the true nature of these transactions a secret despite numerous FOIA requests, and is the subject of HR 1207, legislation aimed at digging beneath the Fed's lack of transparency. ...

Right/Left Coalition Forming Against Blank Check Government?
Firedoglake — ... But everyone knew that was going to happen from the start, so no headlines there. What is news are the new coalitions coming together to put the brakes on unchecked spending. We already saw it emerging with our campaign to whip cosponsors to ...

240 Members of Congress Disagree with the President: The Fed Needs More Accountability
Firedoglake — ... There are 5780 people who have endorsed Grayson's efforts to bring accountability to the Fed, including Dean Baker, Naomi Klein, Bill Greider, Tyler Durden, Bill Black and Jamie Galbraith. ...

Barney Frank: Committee to Hold Hearings on the Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Firedoglake — ... the collapse of Lehman Brothers. This is the woman who is in charge of inspecting and reporting on the Fed. It's no mystery why members of the House disagree with the President, and don't believe that the Fed is sufficiently "accountable and clear." 5780 people have endorsed Grayson's efforts to bring accountability to the Fed, including Dean Baker, Naomi Klein, Bill Greider, Tyler Durden, Bill Black and Jamie Galbraith. You can add your name here. Share

Jane Hamsher: 238 Members of Congress Disagree with Obama: The Fed Needs More Accountability
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Grayson's efforts to bring accountability to the Fed have also been endorsed by 5780 people including Dean Baker, Naomi Klein, Bill Greider, Tyler Durden, Bill Black and Jamie Galbraith. ...

Hamsher on Shuster: A Call for More Transparency
Firedoglake — ... If you want to stand with those Representatives, and the nearly 6,000 private citizens who support efforts to bring accountability to the Fed, including Dean Baker, Naomi Klein, Bill Greider, Tyler Durden, Bill Black and Jamie Galbraith, you can add your name here. ...

The Fight Over the Federal Reserve
Open Left - Front Page — ... more transparent, and changing the governing structure so that more people than bankers are involved with it, would make it acceptable to progressives to give the Fed more power. Without that kind of restructuring, the issue will not go away, and will likely doom regulatory reform. Opening up the Fed should be one of the major things progressives demand before they support giving them any more power. The folks over at FDL have an action page on this, and you can add your support here.

Same as the Old Bosses. [JHoward]
protein wisdom — ... , one of the more intriguing efforts of our time, and one that’s evidently straddled the political divide.  Which, given that the various bosses are indistinguishable from one another, is also interesting.