W000207 1945-08-26 1624 2236 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/formwatt/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm 12 202-225-1512 Melvin 'd':4 'nc':5 '-12':6 'mel':9 'rep':1 'watt':3,8,11 'melvin':2,7,10 M 400424 Watt Melvin_L._Watt Luther Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12] 395 Mel N00002328 5760 Democrat 202-225-1510 Presbyterian NC Mel Melvin Watt 0.473684210526316 http://www.house.gov/watt/ 400424 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:14:48 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...(R-TX) amendment to increase Federal Reserve transparency was passed by a vote of 43 to 26. During the proceeding parallel amendments were introduced, one by Paul, the other by Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC), which would have limited the audit to only a .. 'd':43 'r':9 '26':25 '43':23 'nc':44 'tx':10 'fed':3 'mel':40 'one':33 'd-nc':42 'hous':6 'pass':5,18 'paul':35 'r-tx':8 'vote':21 'watt':41 'amend':4,11,30 'audit':1,50 'feder':14 'limit':48 'would':46 'reserv':15 'increas':13 'proceed':28 'committe':7 'introduc':32 'parallel':29 'transpar':16 'congressman':39 'pr-inside.com':54 6739390 true true daylife PR-Inside.com http://www.pr-inside.com/ OK http://www.pr-inside.com/audit-the-fed-amendment-passes-house-r1594261.htm 400424 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:15:45 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...During the proceeding parallel amendments will be introduced, one by Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), the other by Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC). Rep. Paul's amendment will insert language similar to that in his bill, H.R. 1207, which is co-sponsored by 309 m 'd':33 'm':57 'r':24 'co':53 'nc':34 'tx':25 '309':56 'day':4 'fed':8 'h.r':48 'mel':30 'one':18 'rep':35 'ron':21 '1207':49 'bill':47 'd-nc':32 'paul':22,36 'r-tx':23 'watt':31 'amend':14,38 'audit':6 'critic':3 'insert':40 'legisl':9 'languag':41 'proceed':12 'similar':42 'sponsor':54 'introduc':17 'parallel':13 'thursday':1 'co-sponsor':52 'congressman':20,29 'pr-inside.com':58 6733840 true true daylife PR-Inside.com http://www.pr-inside.com/ OK http://www.pr-inside.com/thursday-a-critical-day-for-audit-r1591335.htm 400424 Person congress Mon Nov 16 22:04:12 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... ''Congressmen [GK] Butterfield,[Bobby] Etheridge, [Brad] Miller, [David] Price and [Mel] Watt have taken a great step for the people of North Carolina ... 'gk':6 'mel':15 'brad':10 'news':4 'step':21 'watt':16 'bobbi':8 'david':12 'great':20 'local':1 'north':26 'peopl':24 'price':13 'state':3 'taken':18 'miller':11 'journal':29 'carolina':27 'etheridg':9 'wilmington':28 'butterfield':7 'congressmen':5 6716598 true true google news Wilmington Journal OK http://www.wilmingtonjournal.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=100085&sID=4 400424 Person rep\. Mon Nov 16 22:04:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... of landmark Audit the Fed legislation (HR 1207), the chairman of the House Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, Rep. Mel Watt (D-Fla. ... 'd':24 'hr':7 'fed':5 'fla':25 'mel':21 'rep':20 '1207':8 'free':27 'hous':13 'watt':22 'audit':3 'd-fla':23 'press':28 'domest':14 'legisl':6 'polici':16 'american':26 'chairman':10 'landmark':2 'monetari':15 'technolog':18 'subcommitte':19 6716597 true true google news American Free Press OK http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/fed-puts-consent-condition-on-banks/?feat=home_headlines 400424 Person rep\. Sun Nov 15 22:14:06 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... of landmark Audit the Fed legislation (HR 1207), the chairman of the House Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, Rep. Mel Watt (D-Fla. ... 'd':24 'hr':7 'fed':5 'fla':25 'mel':21 'rep':20 '1207':8 'free':27 'hous':13 'watt':22 'audit':3 'd-fla':23 'press':28 'domest':14 'legisl':6 'polici':16 'american':26 'chairman':10 'landmark':2 'monetari':15 'technolog':18 'subcommitte':19 6705886 true true google news American Free Press OK http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/1330355.html 400424 Person democrat Thu Nov 12 22:13:22 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Rep. Mel Watt has $140282 in his campaign account, according to federal campaign finance records. Watt, a Charlotte Democrat, received $8987 from ... 'us':4 'mel':6 'rep':5 '8987':25 'news':27 'watt':1,7,20 'feder':16 '140000':3 '140282':9 'accord':14 'financ':18 'observ':28 'receiv':24 'record':19 'account':13 'campaign':12,17 'charlott':22 'democrat':23 6674344 true true google news News & Observer OK http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/watt_has_140_000 400424 Person congress Thu Nov 12 22:13:28 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The 12th district represented by Mel Watt is a tortured 100-mile strip of land that parallels Interstate 85 from Charlotte to Winston-Salem. ... '85':34 're':13 '100':26 'box':5 'get':15 'mel':21 '12th':17 'know':10 'land':30 'like':3 'mile':27 'time':44 'watt':22 'gonna':14 'never':9 'polit':1 'salem':40 'strip':28 'chocol':7 'repres':19 'tortur':25 'citizen':43 'interst':33 'winston':39 'ashevill':41 'charlott':36 'district':18 'parallel':32 'citizen-tim':42 'winston-salem':38 6674347 true true google news Asheville Citizen-Times OK http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091112/OPINION04/91109034/1006 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 12 22:13:22 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This amendment, put forward by Rep. Mel Watt (D., NC) would change the focus of the bill by instructing the GAO to audit the new lending facilities at the ... 'd':9 'nc':10 'gao':21 'mel':7 'new':25 'put':3 'rep':6 'bill':17 'blog':32 'lend':26 'seek':30 'watt':8 'alpha':31 'amend':2 'audit':23 'chang':12 'facil':27 'focus':14 'would':11 'forward':4 'instruct':19 6674345 true true google news Seeking Alpha (blog) OK http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/11/12/2009-11-12_banks_now_have_to_ask_your_consent_before_charging_atm_overdraft_fees.html 400424 Person rep\. Wed Nov 11 22:14:15 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This amendment, put forward by Rep. Mel Watt (D., NC) would change the focus of the bill by instructing the GAO to audit the new lending facilities at the ... 'd':9 'nc':10 'gao':21 'mel':7 'new':25 'put':3 'rep':6 'bill':17 'blog':32 'lend':26 'seek':30 'watt':8 'alpha':31 'amend':2 'audit':23 'chang':12 'facil':27 'focus':14 'would':11 'forward':4 'instruct':19 6665033 true true google news Seeking Alpha (blog) OK http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/11/11/Political-heat-gets-hotter-for-Fed/UPI-53451257963148/ 400424 Person congress Wed Nov 11 22:14:15 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Congressman Paul?s Bill, HR 1207 “The Federal Reserve Transparency Act,” currently has 308 cosponsors but was recently „gutted? by Congressman Mel Watt (D, ... 'd':32 'hr':13 '308':22 'act':19 'gut':27 'mel':30 '1207':14 'bill':12 'paul':10 'watt':31 'feder':6,16 'north':1 'ralli':3 'recent':26 'reserv':7,17 'current':20 'greater':5 'carolina':2 'transpar':8,18 'cosponsor':23 'congressman':9,29 'examiner.com':33 6665031 true true google news Examiner.com OK http://www.examiner.com/x-22717-Charlotte-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m11d11-North-Carolina-rallies-for-greater-Federal-Reserve-Transparency 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 But in a last minute power play by the big banks, Rep. Mel Watt will dutifully offer an amendment to not only gut the audit, but make the Fed even more secretive. (my emphasis). Sign the petition demanding a real audit of the bailouts ... 'big':15 'fed':34 'gut':28 'mel':18 'rep':17 'bank':16 'best':5 'duti':21 'even':35 'last':9 'make':32 'page':52 'play':12 'real':45 'said':3 'sign':40 'watt':19 'amend':24 'audit':30,46 'front':51 'jesus':2 'minut':10 'offer':22 'petit':42 'power':11 'demand':43 'secret':37 'bailout':49 'emphasi':39 'docudharma':1,50 6739385 false true google blog Docudharma - Front Page http://www.docudharma.com/ OK http://www.docudharma.com/diary/17359/jesus-said-it-best 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... economists like Dean Baker and Rob Johnson, author Naomi Klein, and such labor luminaries as the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka and the SEIU's Andy Stern, urged committee members to shoot down an amendment by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N. ... 'd':53 'n':54 'afl':29 'cio':30 'd-n':52 'fed':3 'mel':50 'one':11,55 'rep':49 'rob':17 'urg':40 'win':5 'andi':38 'dean':14 'like':13 'seiu':36 'watt':51 'amend':47 'audit':1 'baker':15 'klein':21 'labor':24 'naomi':20 'penni':56 'sheet':57 'shoot':44 'stern':39 'unusu':9 'author':19 'coalit':10 'effort':4 'member':42 'trumka':33 'afl-cio':28 'johnson':18 'richard':32 'support':6 'committe':41 'luminari':25 'economist':12 6739384 false true google blog One Penny Sheet http://www.onepennysheet.com/ OK http://www.onepennysheet.com/2009/11/audit-the-fed-effort-wins-support-from-an-unusual-coalition/ 400424 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:14:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Paul-Grayson bill has just been voted on committee - it is now on its way to the whole floor, but fortunately, the modifications made by the SOB Mel Watt was voted down. Congratulations to Rep Ron Paul and Grayson for this victory ... 'fed':3 'hit':4,52 'mel':37 'rep':44 'ron':45 'run':5,53 'sob':36 'way':24 'bill':12 'made':33 'paul':10,46 'vote':16,40 'watt':38 'audit':1 'floor':28 'modif':32 'whole':27 'fortun':30 'reason':6 'grayson':11,48 'magazin':7 'victori':51 'committe':18 'congratul':42 'paul-grayson':9 6739387 false true google blog Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog OK http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/19/auditing-the-fed 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mel Watt wants to gut a proposal for a complete audit of the Federal Reserve (HR 1207). ... California Political News, Contra Costa and East Bay. Rep Mel Watt, firedoglake, jane hamsher, hr 1207, audit the fed, ... 'hr':4,27,43 'bay':36 'fed':47 'gut':3,16 'mel':12,38 'rep':11,37 '1207':5,28,44 'east':35 'jane':41 'news':31 'want':14 'watt':13,39 'audit':22,45 'costa':33 'creat':6 'feder':25 'polit':30 'contra':32 'propos':18 'reserv':26 'attempt':1 'complet':21 'concord':50 'halfway':9,48 'hamsher':42 'opposit':8 'bipartisan':7 'california':29 'firedoglak':40 6739388 false true google blog HALFWAY TO CONCORD http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/ OK http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/attempt-to-gut-hr-1207-opposed-by-left-and-right/ 400424 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:14:47 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...which has a long history of independence from congressional audits. Paul and Grayson beat out a competing measure offered by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.), who after weeks of negotiations with the pair felt their measure would threaten the Fed’s monetary pol 'c':34 'd':32 'n':33 'd-n':31 'fed':6,49 'mel':29 'pol':52 'rep':28 'beat':21 'felt':43 'hous':1 'long':11 'pair':42 'paul':4,18 'watt':30 'week':37 'audit':7,17 'offer':26 'panel':2 'would':46 'approv':3 'compet':24 'measur':25,45 'negoti':39 'grayson':20 'histori':12 'independ':14 'monetari':51 'politico':54 'threaten':47 'congression':16 6739389 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29734.html 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 A review of their backgrounds shows they are anything but. In a letter to the House Financial Services Committee earlier this month, all eight wrote that they support the type of amendment now being introduced by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.). ... 'c':53 'd':51 'n':52 'd-n':50 'fed':5,9 'mel':48 'rep':47 'hous':26 'mind':2,55 'show':16 'type':40 'watt':49 'amend':42 'anyth':19 'audit':6 'eight':34 'month':32 'oppos':4 'wrote':35 'letter':23 'market':1,54 'payrol':10 'review':12 'servic':28 'earlier':30 'financi':27 'support':38 'committe':29 'introduc':45 'economist':3 'background':15 6739386 false true google blog Market Minds http://marketminds.esecfutures.com/ OK http://marketminds.esecfutures.com/2009/11/economists-opposing-fed-audit-are-on-fed-payroll/ 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:48 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and such labor luminaries as the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka and the SEIU's Andy Stern, urged committee members to shoot down an amendment by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) that would essentially allow the Fed to keep the lights off while it throws money around. . 'c':44 'd':42 'n':43 'o':65 'afl':18 'cio':19 'd-n':41 'fed':3,50 'mel':39 'rep':38 'urg':29 'win':5 'andi':27 'keep':52 'seiu':25 'watt':40 'allow':48 'amend':36 'audit':1 'labor':13 'light':54 'meter':66 'money':59 'shoot':33 'stern':28 'throw':58 'unusu':9 'would':46 'around':60 'coalit':10 'effort':4 'implod':64 'lender':62 'member':31 'trumka':22 'afl-cio':17 'essenti':47 'mortgag':61 'richard':21 'support':6 'committe':30 'luminari':14 'implode-o-met':63 6739391 false true daylife Mortgage Lender Implode-o-meter http://ml-implode.com/ OK http://ml-implode.com/staticnews/2009-11-19_AuditTheFedEffortWinsSupportFromAnUnusualCoalition.html 400424 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 22:14:48 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Services Committee earlier this month, all eight wrote that they support the type of amendment now being introduced by Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.). Watt's approach purports to increase Fed transparency while it actually would tighten restrictions on any audi 'c':34 'd':32 'n':33 'd-n':31 'fed':3,7,41 'mel':29 'rep':28 'audi':51 'type':21 'watt':30,35 'amend':23 'audit':4 'eight':15 'month':13 'oppos':2 'would':46 'wrote':16 'actual':45 'payrol':8 'servic':9 'earlier':11 'increas':40 'purport':38 'support':19 'tighten':47 'approach':37 'committe':10 'introduc':26 'restrict':48 'transpar':42 'economist':1 'safehaven':52 6739392 false true daylife Safehaven http://www.safehaven.com/ OK http://www.safehaven.com/article-15068.htm 400424 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:14:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 audit the Federal Reserve, which has a long history of independence from congressional audits. Paul and Grayson beat out a competing measure offered by. Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.), who after weeks of negotiations with the pair felt their ... 'c':43 'd':41 'n':42 'd-n':40 'mel':38 'rep':37 'ron':6 'beat':30 'felt':52 'hous':4 'left':1,54 'long':20 'pair':51 'paul':7,27 'watt':39 'week':46 'audit':11,13,26 'coast':2,55 'feder':15 'offer':35 'rebel':3,56 'approv':5 'compet':33 'measur':34 'negoti':48 'propos':9 'reserv':16 'grayson':29 'histori':21 'independ':23 'congression':25 6739382 false true google blog Left Coast Rebel http://www.leftcoastrebel.com/ OK http://www.leftcoastrebel.com/2009/11/house-approves-ron-pauls-proposal-to.html 400424 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:14:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The activity today surrounds a limited audit amendment offered by Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) that would be tacked onto another bill. Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) also has Fed auditing included in his massive regulatory reform bill introduced ... 'd':26,39 'nc':27 'fed':11,43 'mel':23 'rep':22 'also':41 'bill':34,51 'conn':40 'd-nc':25 'dodd':37 'made':5,57 'mess':2,54 'onto':32 'tack':31 'watt':24 'activ':13 'amend':19 'anoth':33 'audit':9,18,44 'chris':36 'limit':17 'offer':20 'senat':35 'today':14 'would':29 'critic':6 'd-conn':38 'includ':45 'massiv':48 'moment':7 'reform':50 'introduc':52 'surround':15 'greenspan':4,56 'regulatori':49 6739383 false true google blog The Mess That Greenspan Made http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/ OK http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2009/11/critical-moment-for-audit-fed-effort.html