Receently, Senator Jim DeMint(R) of South Carolina attempted to attach Senator Sanders’ full bill S.604 as an ammendment to HR2918, a $3.1 billion bill entitled the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. The purpose of Bernie’s bill is to audit the Federal Reserve since it has been unauditable since its creation in 1913, yet the Senate Democrats blocked a vote on this amendment, claiming a rule violation that states the Senate cannot legislate on an appropriations bill. Thankfully, Senator DeMint continued to press the issue, pointing out the many other GAO audits that the Democrats had put in the bill, which the Senate President was forced to agree were in violation of the same rule.
The full video can be watched here. Go Bernie!