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Battles over regulatory change in Washington heated up Thursday as a House panel approved audits of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

That's a bad idea. But it will be made a little less bad if Congress establishes some oversight over the largely-unaccountable institution.

Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over yesterday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.

Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantanamo Bay, and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled about their alliances with coal.

Close See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now NOVEMBER 20, 2009 House Attacks Fed, Treasury Panel Votes for Tighter Political Rein on Central Bank; Some Call for Geithner to Quit WASHINGTON -- Political frustration over the rescue of Wall Street and high unemployment erupted in the House Thursday, with one committee ...

Today, during the House Financial Services Committee markup of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, Congressman Ron Paul's amendment to increase Federal Reserve transparency was passed by a vote of 43 to 26.

The House Financial Services Committee will consider today how much to expand audits of the U.S. central bank in a test of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernankea s clout among lawmakers.

House Financial Services Committee members continued to clash Tuesday over how to end government-funded bailouts of the financial system, with Republicans charging that Chairman Barney Frank's approach would indoctrinate such an approach while Democrats said it would force the liquidation of risky firms at the industry's expense.

Sometimes staying out of a fight is the smartest path in politics. Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, two 2008 Republican presidential primary foes who may go at it again in 2012, didn't jump into the GOP debacle in New York's 23rd District earlier this month.

Republican Recruiting and the National Environment Getting Mike Castle is the latest in a series of recruitment successes for Senate Republicans.

Audio recordings purporting to be of a political candidate criticizing his boss - the governor.

The consensus from political experts: New Hampshire isn't Florida. With four candidates currently in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, and at least one more still considering running, the anticipated highest-profile New Hampshire race in 2010 will be about far more than cut-and-dried distinctions on ideology.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's sweeping new financial overhaul legislation, which proposes to strip the Federal Reserve of its authority to regulate banks, threatens the central bank's time-honored independence and its premier international standing, experts warn.

Republican presidential politics will visit South Carolina next week. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, who finished fifth in the S.C. Republican presidential primary last year, will speak at the University of South Carolina on Monday.

State Republican leaders are protesting the congressional health care reform plan, arguing that reform will hurt the state's budget.

Secretary of State Trey Grayson has criticized his opponent in next year's Republican U.S. Senate primary for refusing to promise to support fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell as the Senate minority leader.

It's an article of faith among Kentucky Republicans that 38 or so counties determine winners in their primaries.

Former presidential candidate Ron Paul's son is borrowing a page from his father's playbook for his U.S. Senate bid, leaning heavily on Internet fundraising and tapping the enthusiasm of young Republicans on college campuses.

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

Lawmakers in Congress are closer than ever to passing sweeping reform in the House.