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Audit the Fed Defeated

The following 114 representatives who co-sponsored the bill voted against including it in the recently-passed banking legislation.

Alabama
Bobby Bright – AL-2

Arizona
Ed Pastor – AZ-4
Raul Grijalva – AZ-7

Arkansas
Marion Berry – AR-1
Vic Snyder – AR-2

California
Jackie Speier – CA-12
Pete Stark – CA-13
Zoe Lofgren – CA-16
Sam Farr – CA-17
Brad Sherman – CA-27
Adam Schiff – CA-29
Judy Chu – CA-32
Jane Harman – CA-36
Laura Richardson – CA-37
Bob Filner – CA-51

Colorado
Jared Polis – CO-2
John Salazar – CO-3
Ed Perlmutter – CO-7

Connecticut
Joe Courtney – CT-2
Christopher Murphy – CT-5

Florida
Allen Boyd – FL-2
Corrine Brown – FL-3
Suzanne Kosmas – FL-24

Georgia
Sanford Bishop – GA-2
Hank Johnson – GA-4
John Lewis – GA-5
John Barrow – GA-12
David Scott – GA-13

Hawaii
Mazie Hirono – HI-2

Illinois
Jesse Jackson, Jr. – IL-2
Mike Quigley – IL-5
Danny Davis – IL-7
Janice Schakowsky – IL-9
Deborah Halvorson – IL-11
Phil Hare – IL-17

Indiana
Peter Visclosky – IN-1
Baron Hill – IN-9

Iowa
Bruce Braley – IA-1
David Loebsack – IA-2
Leonard Boswell – IA-3

Kentucky
John Yarmuth – KY-3
Ben Chandler – KY-6

Louisiana
Charlie Melancon – LA-3

Maine
Chellie Pingree – ME-1
Michael Michaud – ME-2

Maryland
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger – MD-2
John Sarbanes – MD-3
Donna Edwards – MD-4

Massachusetts
James McGovern – MA-3
John Tierney – MA-6
Bill Delahunt – MA-10

Michigan
Dale Kildee – MI-5
Mark Schauer – MI-7
Carolyn Kilpatrick – MI-13
John Conyers – MI-14

Minnesota
Timothy Walz – MN-1
Collin Peterson – MN-7
James Oberstar – MN-8

Mississippi
Bennie Thompson – MS-2

Missouri
William Lacy Clay – MO-1

Nevada
Shelley Berkley – NV-1

New Hampshire
Carol Shea-Porter – NH-1

New Jersey
John Adler – NJ-3
Bill Pascrell – NJ-8
Steven Rothman – NJ-9
Donald Payne – NJ-10

New Mexico
Martin Heinrich – NM-1
Ben Ray Lujan – NM-3

New York
Timothy Bishop – NY-1
Jerrold Nadler – NY-8
Anthony Weiner – NY-9
Scott Murphy – NY-20
Paul Tonko – NY-21
Maurice Hinchey – NY-22
Michael Arcuri – NY-24
Daniel Maffei – NY-25
Brian Higgins – NY-27
Louise Slaughter – NY-28

North Carolina
Larry Kissell – NC-8
Heath Shuler – NC-11
Brad Miller – NC-13

Ohio
Steve Driehaus – OH-1
Marcy Kaptur – OH-8
Dennis Kucinich – OH-10
Marcia Fudge – OH-11
Betty Sutton – OH-13
John Boccieri – OH-16
Tim Ryan – OH-17

Oklahoma
Dan Boren – OK-2

Oregon
David Wu – OR-1
Peter DeFazio – OR-4
Kurt Schrader – OR-5

Pennsylvania
Kathleen Dahlkemper – PA-3
Jason Altmire – PA-4
Patrick Murphy – PA-8
Michael Doyle – PA-14
Tim Holden – PA-17

Rhode Island
James Langevin – RI-2

South Carolina
John Spratt – SC-5

South Dakota
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin – SD

Tennessee
Lincoln Davis – TN-4
Bart Gordon – TN-6
Steve Cohen – TN-9

Texas
Ruben Hinojosa – TX-15
Silvestre Reyes – TX-16
Ciro Rodriguez – TX-23
Lloyd Doggett – TX-25
Solomon Ortiz – TX-27
Henry Cuellar – TX-28
Eddie Bernice Johnson – TX-30

Vermont
Peter Welch – VT

Washington
Jay Inslee – WA-1
Brian Baird – WA-3
Jim McDermott – WA-7
Adam Smith – WA-9

Wisconsin
Tammy Baldwin – WI-2
Steve Kagen – WI-8

For the complete vote results, click here.

Senate Votes 37-62 against Fed Audit

How They Voted:

Akaka (D-HI), Nay
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Nay
Begich (D-AK), Nay
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Nay
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Brown (R-MA), Nay
Burris (D-IL), Nay
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Franken (D-MN), Nay
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Hagan (D-NC), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Kaufman (D-DE), Nay
Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Specter (D-PA), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Nay
Udall (D-NM), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay

Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting

Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
LeMieux (R-FL), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Establishment mobilizes to neuter Fed Audit Amendment

Last-minute maneuvering in the Senate allowed the Federal Reserve to sidestep legislation that would have exposed its interest-rate decision-making to congressional auditors.

Pressure from the Obama administration led Senate lawmakers to alter a provision pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) that was gaining momentum despite opposition from the Treasury and the Fed. It would have largely repealed a 32-year-old law that shields Fed monetary policy from congressional auditors.

. . . . Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, while insisting on a commitment to “openness” at the Fed, said in a letter to Congress the Sanders measure would “seriously threaten monetary policy independence, increase inflation fears and market interest rates, and damage economic stability and job creation.” (Read more from online.wsj.com)

Judge Napolitano with Ron Paul gives a good overview of the issue here.

Ron Paul explains how Sen. Bernie Sanders sells out, calls for support.

Rep. Alan Grayson: You Own the Red Roof Inn, Thanks to the Fed