Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
Huffingtonpost.com
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...
House panel backs audit of Federal Reserve
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington - A House committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a measure opposed by the Obama administration that would subject the Federal Reserve to unprecedented scrutiny. The 43-26 vote by the House Financial Se...
No crimes committed among widespread financial irregularities at K ...
Kansas City Star
Schulz took over at K-State in June, the same week an audit revealed undisclosed payments, conflicts of interest and accounting mistakes at the university and in its athletic department. The task force created by Schulz to review the audit’...
Turtlecreek Twp. overpaid retirees, state audit reveals
Dayton Daily News
Turtlecreek Twp. overpaid three retiring employees by nearly $30,000 according to a report issued today, Nov. 19, by the state auditor’s office, but one township trustee said it is the retirees who are being penalized. When former fire chie...
Panel sets fees for large firms
Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - Taking aim at Wall Street and the nation’s central bank, a key House committee voted yesterday to assess upfront fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit ...
Audit: public schools lax in financial management
Denver Post
SANTA FE, N.M.—Legislative auditors say school districts have poor financial management that's allowing waste and abuse of public money. Auditors examined five districts and identified questionable spending, including the purchase of a $91,...
How did they vote on Ron Paul’s Fed audit amendment?
Libertymaven.com
Below is a link to the list of House Financial Committee members and how they voted on the Paul-Grayson amendment which passed committee earlier today. The amendment was a substitute for the evil Watt amendment. Paul’s amendment will now mo...
ICE audit targeting 1,000 businesses
Houston Chronicle
— The U.S. government notified 1,000 employers that their records will be audited to determine if their workers are illegal immigrants, immigration officials said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities selected the businesses base...
Colorado companies targeted in ICE's nationwide immigration audit
Denver Business Journal
Xcel Energy expands NextEra wind-power agreement Xcel submits plan to boost renewable power, cut carbon by 10% David Gergen: Business leaders need to step up to regain trust Colorado 4th among states in Q3 added wind power Xcel seeks 39% ga...
House panel votes to audit Federal Reserve
Newsday
WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Financial Services Committee has voted to pull the curtain on the normally secretive Federal Reserve by subjecting the nation's central bank to a sweeping congressional audit. The provision would dir...