Dennis Kucinich: Why We Need To Audit The Fed

During a segment on the Thom Hartmann show last Wednesday, 7/29, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) walked through his argument for why he, along with Republican Ron Paul and others, inserted an amendment, which passed the House, into a recent bill that would allow Congress to audit the Federal Reserve. Take a listen, it's worth the 3 minutes of your time.



I had no idea this was happening.

Dennis Kucinich is, in my opinion, one of the most important, progressive voices in all of Congress. If you aren't familiar with his passion, like his "Wake Up America" speech from the Democratic Convention last year, check out the video section of his website.

Kucinich Saves the Single Payer Option

I just got this email from the office of Dennis Kucinich D-OH, one of the true progressive democrats in the House. For supporters of single-payer health care, this is great news:

"With your support, your phone calls, your emails, we won a major legislative victory today for a state single payer health care option in the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. The House Education and Labor Committee approved the Kucinich Amendment by a vote of 27-19, with 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans voting yes.

The amendment propels the growing single payer health care movement at the state level. There are at least ten states which have active single payer efforts in their legislatures. They are California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. The amendment mandates a single payer state will receive the right to waive the application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which has in the past been used to nullify efforts to expand state or local government health care."

Some claim that this amendment may very well save health reform.