Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.1098 Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011

Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: The Bloody Aftermath

2012-05-03T12:01:28Z

It seems that Professor Krugman hasn’t been paying attention to Congress. What Dr. Paul was talking about is a bill called H.R. 1098, which he introduced in Congress in September. It’s known as the Free Competition in Currencies Act.

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Ron Paul’s Clash With Paul Krugman Displays Power of Hayek Against Ideas of Keynes

2012-05-02T14:25:49Z

Wonkbook: Gene Sperling vs. Paul Ryan

2012-04-26T07:23:27Z

Texas)...A companion bill was put before the Senate by Mike Lee (R., Utah). The Sound Dollar Act has far more hope of passage than the more radical H.R. 1098, introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) last year. H.R. 1098 would repeal the legal tender laws .

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Congress Finally Takes on the Fed

2012-04-25T20:39:12Z

A companion bill was put before the Senate by Mike Lee (R., Utah). The Sound Dollar Act has far more hope of passage than the more radical H.R. 1098, introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) last year. H.R. 1098 would repeal the legal tender laws,

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Bernanke 101

2012-03-21T05:07:11Z

One bill, H.R. 1098, would establish a free competition in currency and end the system centered on making legal tender out of the kind of scrip that Mr. Bernanke circulates. No doubt it will be a long battle, and it wouldn’t be surprising to us were some

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Romney Resisting Reform

2012-01-26T17:01:05Z

The measure, called H.R. 1098, is drawn from the seminal work of Friedrich Hayek, another Nobel laureate. Hayek concluded toward the end of his career that the best course was to denationalize currency. Dr. Paul’s bill would end the legal tender laws and

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A Way Out of Impending Economic Chaos

2011-09-26T01:00:00Z

Addressing this increasingly dire situation, Congressman Ron Paul has introduced HR 1098, the “Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011.” Its main purposes are: 1) repeal the legal tender laws; and 2) bar taxation when buying or selling such ...

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The Coin Analyst: Should the U.S. Return to the Gold Standard?

2011-09-21T01:00:00Z

Ron Paul, who is the Chairman of the Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee and a Republican candidate for president, recently held a legislative hearing regarding HR 1098, the “Free Competition in Currency ...

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Focus on Monetary Policy and Inflation

2011-09-21T01:00:00Z

On September 13, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on HR 1098, a bill introduced by Rep. Ron Paul to allow private money to compete with government money. Also on September 13, Adam Posen of the Bank of England gave a speech ...

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Competing Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

His testimony reinforced the case for Paul's bill, HR 1098, the “Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011” by outlining its benefits in introducing freedom of choice into the realm of currencies. White compared competition in currencies to competi

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Long-Time Federal Reserve Critic Ron Paul Skipped on Fed Question

2011-09-14T01:00:00Z

On Tuesday, Paul held a hearing on the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011 (HR 1098) in an effort to “restore sound money.” In a press release on the hearing, Paul said that “for too long the Federal Reserve has exercised a monopoly on currency

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Ron Paul schedules House hearing to push gold standard

2011-09-13T01:00:00Z

Put those two interests together, and you have a subcommittee hearing scheduled for Tuesday on HR 1098, the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011, a bill that would allow for gold and silver to be used as currency. In a statement, Paul said that ...

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Ron Paul Wants Competing Currencies

2011-09-13T01:00:00Z

Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced HR 1098, better known as the “Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011,” which would repeal the legal tender laws in the United States Code (Section 5103 of Title 31). In its elegant simplicity (the bill is only three ...

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Giving Ron Paul the Media Attention He Deserves

2011-08-28T01:00:00Z

Meanwhile, another of his favorite ideas -- embodied in HR 1098, his Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011 -- is that anybody should be allowed to mint their own money. Well, maybe I've been wrong. Maybe Rep. Paul has earned closer media scrutiny.

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Living Within Its Means

2011-06-14T01:00:00Z

...coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.1098: H.R.1094 -- Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Fed

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How about throwing us an economic bone?

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

At the same time Paul introduced this bill, he also brought forth two others – HR 1094, the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, and HR 1098, the Free Competition in Currency Act. The first, he said in remarks to his House colleagues, ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

HR 1098 has no co-sponsors at the present time and has been referred to the Committee on Financial Services. In an unusual twist, jurisdiction is also divided by the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary, meaning that if it is examined ...

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

On Mar 15th, Representative Ron Paul of Texas introduced HR 1098, Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011. This bill would exempt all taxes for any bullion coins. This bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means, Financial Services and ...

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Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011

2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

Le 15 mars 2011, Ron Paul a présenté le Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011 (HR 1098) à la chambre des représentants. L'auteur de End The Fed! avait déjà tenté de faire passer des lois similaires (notamment en 2007) mais sans succès. ...

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

On March 15, Paul reintroduced one of his pet bills, HR 1098: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011." The bill, which has no cosponsors, is divided into three parts: the elimination of laws specifying what constitutes "legal tender"; the

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Gold Just 1% From Record Nominal High of $1444/oz – Risk of Dollar Crisis ...

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Last week Paul introduced HR 1098, the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011, that would repeal legal tender laws in order to prohibit taxation on gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium bullion. The bill has been referred to the House ...

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Gold Just 1% From Record Nominal High of $1444/oz – Risk of Dollar Crisis ...

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Ron Paul sets congressional hearing on US Mint gold, silver, pgm bullion programs

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

End the Mandate, Abolish the Fed, Cut Taxes

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

HR 1098 repeals legal tender laws, prohibits taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeals superfluous sections related to coinage. - This bill prohibits "any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or ...

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