Official Thread - Senate Vote on Audit the Fed 1/12/16

man... that looks like some boring-ass shit.

no wonder they need so much blow and hookers lol
 
By my count, these were the only party switchers:

Sanders (VT) and Baldwin (WI) voted aye.
Corker (TN) voted no.

Disappointing that three Senators, Donnelly (IN), Heinrich (NM), and Murphy (CT), voted no even though they voted aye on the exact same bill in 2012. Hirono (HI) was an original cosponsor of Rand's other Audit the Fed bill yet voted no.

Update: Murphy (CT) may have been absent. Need to wait for roll call vote to confirm.
 
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Rand Paul yesterday: http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/paul-admits-uphill-climb-for-audit-the-fed/

“‘Audit the Fed’ still has an uphill climb, even in the Senate, and so we’ll see how the vote goes with that. I have said repeatedly though, throughout my time in public life, that the Fed has too much power, and that its power to manipulate interest rates has been deleterious, it hasn’t been good for the economy,” Paul told reporters on a Monday conference call.

“I do want to have more of a marketplace and less of a Fed, but I am an incrementalist in the sense that I’m trying to get what we can possibly get through,” Paul said. “It took a long time even for the concept of ‘Audit the Fed’ to come forward, and then it became very popular in the House, unfortunately we have the resistance of some establishment Republicans in the Senate, so it’s going to be difficult.”

On Monday, Paul was pressuring liberal members of the Democratic caucus, including presidential hopeful Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., to back a vote on the audit measure on Tuesday. The bill would remove limits on the oversight of the Fed by the Government Accountability Office, effectively subjecting the bank to a more comprehensive audit, including sensitive matters related to monetary policy.

“We’ve had a lot of Democrats who claim that they’re concerned about big banks … and a revolving door between Wall Street and the big banks and the Federal Reserve,” Paul said, also citing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., among “loud voices.”

The vote itself to limit debate on taking up the “Audit the Fed” measure, requiring 60 votes, is set for 2:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, hours before the joint session of Congress for the State of the Union address.
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I hope Rand goes around urging people to look at who voted No and to make sure not to re-elect them. Next time they are going to bring this bill back, he needs to be saying on TV every chance he gets that whoever votes No doesn't represent what is good for the people and they are probably corrupt after explaining why this audit needs to happen and how it benefits the rich and hurts the poor. You'd think with that mentality more democrats would vote for it, right? Democrats..the supposed Robin Hoods
 
Jamesiv1 said:
ok, so the vote to end debate ("invoke cloture") failed. Doesn't that mean that debate can continue until a vote to invoke cloture passes?
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Yes, they can keep it "open" for debate FOREVER before bringing it back. Rand is stalled, but not dead.
 
It failed 53-44 but was a lot closer than it seems.

2 Rs didn't vote (Coats and Cruz). With their votes, it would have been 55 yes.

FOUR Democrats who supported it earlier flip flopped and voted no today. Donnelly, Heinrich and Murphy all voted for H.R. 459 (which is the SAME bill) in 2012 but voted no today. Hirono was an ORIGINAL cosponsor of S. 264 (which is the SAME bill) in 2015 but voted no today.

If these four Ds didn't flip flop, it would have been 59 yes. We only needed one vulnerable D to switch or Bob Corker (the only R no vote) to vote yes for it to pass.
 
tsai3904 said:
It failed 53-44 but was a lot closer than it seems.

2 Rs didn't vote (Coats and Cruz). With their votes, it would have been 55 yes.

FOUR Democrats who supported it earlier flip flopped and voted no today. Donnelly, Heinrich and Murphy all voted for H.R. 459 (which is the SAME bill) in 2012 but voted no today. Hirono was an ORIGINAL cosponsor of S. 264 (which is the SAME bill) in 2015 but voted no today.

If these four Ds didn't flip flop, it would have been 59 yes. We only needed one vulnerable D to switch or Bob Corker (the only R no vote) to vote yes for it to pass.
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... and Sanders would had made it 60.
 
I'm at the point where I'm willing to financially back a primary opponent for Cruz now. This was the last betrayal. Rand needs to HAMMER him on this. Too bad they won't discuss it in the debate, with Paul not being in it.
 
KEEF said:
... and Sanders would had made it 60.
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Sanders voted for it.

This was basically a party line vote. Anomalies are highlighted.

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Fauxcahontas Elizabeth Warren who is "for the people" of course voted no. LOL

I remember hearing in the GOP debates Ted Cruz stated that " he would take Andrew Jackson off the $20 dollar bill". Today he proved why, he is such a fake.
 
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