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Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed officials and the surp...

House Finance Committee Votes To Audit Federal Reserve

Filed under: House, Economy, Ron PaulA House panel has voted to approve legislation introduced by Texas Rep. Ron Paul that would allow Congress to audit the Federal Reserve.

The provision that passed the House Financial Services Committee Thursday would direct the Government Accountability Offi...

Are Your Prescription Prices Increasing?

Does it seem like your prescriptions for bipolar disorder are getting more expensive every time you go to the pharmacy? You may be right. There is growing concern that drug manufacturers are raising prices to bolster their return on investment before health care legislation is enacted that might ...

Congressional Democrats Call For Investigation Into Drug Price Increases

Congressional Democrats are calling for two inquiries after the New York Times reported earlier this week that drug companies were jacking up their prices, negating savings they promised for healthcare reform:

Responding to news reports of unusually high wholesale price increases in brand-name...

Ten Percent of Jobs on Recovery.gov Were Not Created by Stimulus -- By: Veronique de Rugy

According to a new report, nearly one out of ten jobs on the website Recovery.gov have nothing to do with the stimulus funding. The Government Accountability Office's new report shows that as many as 4,000 potential recipients of stimulus funds reported creating 58,000, though they had not yet re...