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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (74383)	5/11/2010 12:58:40 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 149317

But she's damn good at politics(i.e. screwing the public at the expense of corporations). I think one of the most overlooked aspects of why we are in the ME kicking around Iraqis, Afghans and Pakis is to play up to the Saudis.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (74383)	5/11/2010 1:22:25 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 149317

It's a start in the right direction. +++++++ Senate votes to audit the Fed, 96-0 By Reuters Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 -- 12:34 pm The Senate on Tuesday approved a proposal to examine the Federal Reserve's role in the Wall Street bailouts of 2008-2009 as part of a broad financial regulation reform bill. The proposal from independent Senator Bernie Sanders would order congressional investigators to conduct a single audit of the U.S. central bank's use of its emergency lending authority since December 2007. It would require the Fed by December 1 to disclose which banks received its help. It passed by a vote of 96 to 0. "Though the measure was always popular, it faced extraordinary opposition from the White House, Wall Street and the Fed itself," Talking Points Memo's Eric Lach noted Tuesday. "Late last week, in a move that defused the opposition, and may have saved Wall Street reform legislation, Sanders agreed to limit the scope of the audit to emergency lending only, exempting other Fed activities. "That preserved the broad intent of the plan, which was always aimed at bringing the Fed's shadowy activities during the financial crisis into the daylight," Lach added. "Under the terms of the proposal, the Fed will also be required to make public which companies received upwards of $2 trillion in aide from the Fed, and under what terms." Story continues below... The Senate was next expected to consider a more stringent measure, opposed by the Fed, that would subject the central bank to ongoing congressional audits.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (74383)	5/11/2010 1:25:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Plus she's ethnic.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (74383)	5/11/2010 1:32:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Note to media: At least 38 of 111 Supreme Court justices had no prior judicial experience mediamatters.org