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US Senate votes unanimously to audit Federal Reserve
Audit The Fed
The Senate voted unanimously to peer into Federal Reserve decision-making Tuesday, authorizing an examination of the central bank’s emergency lending to financial institutions in the months surrounding the 2008 financial crisis.
Separately, Democrats rejected a Republican plan to end the government’s support of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — a financial rescue...