Expanded Fed Audit Gains Momentum

The Huffington Post reports that the proposed audit of the Federal Reserve will be expanded in the final version of the financial regulation bill:

The Senate will accept an expanded Federal Reserve audit proposal from the House as part of Wall Street conference committee deliberations, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) told the panel Wednesday evening.

The House proposal allows repeated future audits of discount window and open market transactions, whereas the Senate proposal had only allowed a one-time audit.

The Senate's provision had already been stronger than what the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department had previously been willing to accept.

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