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13-S0209 on Feb 4, 2013

• the completion, within 12 months, the audit of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Reserve Banks; with a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.
• Audit and report on the loan files of homeowners in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010, required as part of the enforcement actions taken by the Federal Reserve against supervised financial institutions.
• Prescribes audit contents, including:
  1. the guidance given by the Federal Reserve to independent consultants retained by the supervised financial institutions regarding procedures to be followed in conducting the file reviews,
  2. the factors considered by independent consultants when evaluating loan files and the results obtained pursuant to those reviews, and
  3. the determinations made by such consultants regarding the nature and extent of financial injury sustained by each homeowner as well as the level and type of remediation offered.

  Also see the related House of Representatives bill H.R.24.

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 20. Question 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Budget & Economy
  • Headline: Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans (Score: -1)
  • Headline 2: Sponsored auditing the Fed & its actions on mortgage loans (Score: -1)
    
    
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  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 13-S0209
  Mark Begich	s1o	AK Democratic Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 13-S0209
  Kelly Ayotte	s1o	NH Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  John Barrasso	s1o	WY Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  John Boozman	s1o	AR Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Richard Burr	s1o	NC Republican Sr Senator; previously Representative	Feb 4, 2013
  Saxby Chambliss	s1o	GA Republican Sr Senator (retiring 2014)	Feb 4, 2013
  Tom Coburn	s1o	OK Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative	Feb 4, 2013
  Thad Cochran	s1o	MS Republican Sr Senator	May 21, 2014
  Susan Collins	s1o	ME Republican Sr Senator	Feb 11, 2013
  John Cornyn	s1o	TX Republican Sr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Ted Cruz	s1o	POTUS Republican 2016 Primary Challenger	Feb 4, 2013
  Michael Enzi	s1o	WY Republican Sr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Lindsey Graham	s1o	SC Republican Sr Senator	Jan 7, 2014
  Chuck Grassley	s1o	IA Republican Sr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Orrin Hatch	s1o	UT Republican Sr Senator	Feb 7, 2013
  Dean Heller	s1o	Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)	Feb 4, 2013
  Johnny Isakson	s1o	GA Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative	Sep 18, 2014
  Mike Lee	s1o	UT Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Mitch McConnell	s1o	KY Republican Sr Senator	Feb 7, 2013
  Jerry Moran	s1o	Kansas Republican (until 2010)	Dec 11, 2013
  Lisa Murkowski	s1o	AK Republican Sr Senator	Sep 10, 2013
  Rand Paul	s2p	KY Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Rob Portman	s1o	OH Republican Jr Senator	Oct 29, 2013
  Jim Risch	s1o	ID Former Republican Governor (2006-2007); U.S. Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Pat Roberts	s1o	KS Republican Sr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Marco Rubio	s1o	FL Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  Tim Scott	s1o	SC Republican Senator-Appointee	Oct 31, 2013
  Jeff Sessions	s1o	AL Republican Sr Senator	Feb 25, 2013
  John Thune	s1o	SD Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative	Feb 7, 2013
  Pat Toomey	s1o	PA Republican Jr Senator	Feb 4, 2013
  David Vitter	s1o	LA Republican 2015 Gubernatorial candidate	Feb 4, 2013

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 13-S0209

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 1 Republicans: 30 Independents: 0