Bachmann, Geithner, Bernanke and the Constitution
March 25th, 2009 – 12:22 PM by Jim Kern
When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified about the AIG bailout at a House hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was among those questioning them. She pressed them about what authority the Constitution granted for actions taken by the Treasury Department and the Fed in the past year. Both cited authority granted by Congress. Here’s the video of their exchange.
The Constitutional ISSUE is the BIG POINT here... What the Fed and Congress are doing is UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Watch Video-Barney Frank Censors Republicans Repeatedly,
here's just the Bachmann example: