 ccrp poll audit the federal reserve   new poll overview house republican leaders scheduled a vote on the auditing the federal reserve for sometime in the next week as one of a series of preelection bills designed to highlight lawmakers rsquo stances just before they go home to face voters the same bill passed in the house in 2012 on an overwhelming 32798 vote but the democrat controlled senate failed to pass it the bill would order the government accountability office which is congress s chief investigative arm to review the fed s decisionmaking mdash particularly on monetary policy congress established the federal reserve nearly a century ago the system which consists of a board of governors and 12 regional banks act as lenders of last resort to the country s banking system and it is charged both with fighting inflation and with promoting economic growth and employment the congressional budget office said the bill would cost about 5 million for the staff required to conduct the audit the cbo also said the federal reserve would spend money complying with the review which would end up costing the government about 3 million in lower revenue from the fed over the next decade the previous chairman of the federal reserve ben bernanke had opposed an audit saying it could lead to politicians secondguessing the secretive board s decisions despite democratic leaders opposition a number of rankandfile democrats support the legislation new poll question should congress pass legislation that would allow for an audit of the federal reserve yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http clintoncountygoporg content shouldcongresspasslegislationwouldallowauditfedera  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should governor snyder and us senate candidate terri lynn land agree to debate their democrat opponents yes 60 no 31 undecided 8 two comments were made on this poll comment 1 snyder election no because the press will just take comments out of context and crucify them unless land and snyder can set the perimeters and they should be very limited we pretty much know where they stand on all the issues already ida s comment 2 debating it is often wise to pass rather than play a weak hand which you have been dealt   all emails addresses  