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'Audit the Fed' bill gets new push under Trump
By Peter Schroeder
The Hill, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Controversial legislation to subject the Federal Reserve's monetary policy powers to outside scrutiny is getting new life in Washington.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have re-introduced legislation to "audit the Fed" after a similar effort stalled in the last Congress.
But such a proposal, which has been vocally opposed by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, may face its best odds ever of becoming law. Both chambers are controlled by Republicans long critical of the Fed's policies, and President-elect Donald Trump has heaped scorn on the central bank since the beginning of his presidential campaign.
Paul specifically mentioned Trump in a statement about the bill today, making clear the measure's proponents believe they have an ally in their cause coming to the White House. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/312662-audit-the-fed-bill-gets-new-push
Sandspring Resources Commences 2016 Exploration Campaign
Company Announcement
August 17, 2016
Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SSP, US OTC: SSPXF) is pleased to announce commencement of the 2016 exploration campaign at its Toroparu Gold Project in Guyana, South America.
In 2015 the company completed a 3,700-meter diamond drilling program on the promising Sona Hill Prospect, located 5 kilometers southeast of the main Toroparu deposit. Sona Hill is the easternmost gold anomaly in a cluster of 10 gold features located within a 20-by-7-kilometer hydrothermal alteration halo around Toroparu. Drilling at Sona Hill in 2012 and in 2015 intercepted high-grade mineralization in both saprolite and bedrock, and confirmed the continuity and grade potential of the Sona Hill mineralization.
For the remainder of the announcement and highlights of the 2015 drill program:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sandspring-resources-commences-2016-explo...
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