Cruz Questions Yellen on Fed Policy
Ralph, you noted this first, but this New York Sun editorial is worth a closer look. In a glowing column Friday, the Sun praised Ted Cruz for his astute questioning…
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Ted Cruz Grills Janet Yellen Over Good Money
Last week at a hearing before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, JEC member Sen. Ted Cruz, who has — to great notice and some predictable attacks from the left —…
Rand Paul Rips Federal Reserve, Says Shrinking Dollar Hurts Poor
Rand Paul criticized Bernie Sanders for his “free college” plan Wednesday, pointing out that the money had to come from somewhere and predicting it would be from either taxpayers or…
Fed Responds to Critiques by Trying to Curb Own Power
The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it is scaling back its controversial bailout authority in the latest sign that increasing congressional scrutiny is making Fed officials nervous. The move by…
Game Changer: House Confronts Fed Chair Janet Yellen
On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Paul Ryan House took its most impressive step yet in advancing Speaker Ryan’s (R-Wis.) promised transformation of our political culture. Ryan, in accepting the gavel,…
House Passes Historic Legislation Exercising Authority Over Federal Reserve
In a historic vote this morning of 241-185, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3189, the Federal Oversight Reform and Modernization Act. The FORM Act — very much including Chairman Kevin…
Fiorina Slams Fed: “Strip the Dual Mandate”
Carly Fiorina gave a scathing analysis of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, accusing it of deliberately pursuing policies that hurt savers and calling for a major pullback on the central…
Fed Reform Battle Heats Up in Congress
A new bill seeking to increase oversight on the Federal Reserve and force it to endorse a rule will likely come up in the House this week, kicking the debate…
Rubio Gives Yellen a Vote of No Confidence
Reuters reports that Sen. Marco Rubio discussed the Federal Reserve while at a Wall Street Journal conference yesterday, saying that he would not renominate current Fed Chair Janet Yellen were…
Who Will Be the Next Jack Kemp?
This column was co-authored by Jeff Bell, Policy Director for the American Principles Project. America needs a quarterback. America needs a leader, an optimist, a coalition-builder, and a visionary. America needs…
Larry Kudlow: “Stable Money Is the Next Big Growth Issue”
Larry Kudlow has also noticed that the Federal Reserve and its impact on growth have entered the GOP race: Stable money is the next big growth issue. To their credit,…
Cruz, Paul, Carson, Huckabee: WSJ’s Greg Ip on “What Republicans Get Wrong About Gold”
On November 12, Greg Ip, chief economic commentator for The Wall Street Journal, published a thoughtful, if somewhat incomplete, blog entitled “What Republicans Get Wrong About The Gold Standard.” Ip…
Cruz Joins Rand in Support of ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill
A bill subjecting the Federal Reserve to a more thorough audit process has finally hit the Senate floor—and Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have jumped all over it. The Federal…
Don’t Look Now, But Monetary Policy Just Became a Top Issue in the GOP Primary
It’s greatly encouraging to see the GOP candidates focus more on one of the largest economic problems facing the United States: the Federal Reserve and monetary policy. On Tuesday night, we…
Rand Paul Proposes Ban on Lobbying by Federal Reserve
Senator Rand Paul is proposing a bill to limit the ability of the Federal Reserve to interfere in the legislative process. The Bring Accountability Now to the Fed Act would…
An Intellectual Revolution on Money
As the British Parliament debated the outbreak of the American Revolution one arrogant member of the House of Commons referred to the colonists as illiterate farmers. Edmond Burke, the father…
Federal Reserve Doesn’t Like Paul’s “Audit the Fed” Bill
In a shocking twist Wednesday night, Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Stanley Fischer decided that the Fed really shouldn’t be audited by Congress. Strangely, Fischer made his impassioned plea for the political…
Forbes: Kudos to Ted Cruz for Addressing “Crucial Subject” at Debate
In an article for Forbes, the magazine’s eponymous editor-in-chief and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes praised Senator Ted Cruz for bringing monetary policy to the fore during last week’s CNBC debate:…
Carson Draws Liberal Ire for Criticism of Fed
With all the recent criticism heaped on the Federal Reserve by Republican candidates, I suppose a media backlash was inevitable. Timothy Lee, writing for Vox, has attacked Dr. Ben Carson’s comments…
Christie Slams Fed for Zero Interest Rates, Calls for Audit
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sat down with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo this week, where he condemned U.S. monetary policy under the Obama administration. Christie said the Federal Reserve’s zero…
