Senate votes 96-0 to audit Federal Reserve
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 18:50
in Mathematics & Economics
The congressional audit would examine the Fed's emergency aid program and disclose previously secret recipients of bailout money. The Senate voted 96 to 0 on Tuesday to authorize a congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve Board's emergency aid program and full disclosure of who got the money, a plan that could reveal more details about government help for embattled investment firm Goldman...