Myth #2: The Federal Reserve Act never actually passed Congress. The Senate voted on the bill without a quorum, so the Act is null and void.
The silliest of the Federal Reserve conspiracy theories is that the Federal Reserve Act of December 23, 1913 passed illegally. The constitution stipulates that both the House and the Senate must have at least half their members present, a quorum, to vote on any bill. According to this myth, the Senate voted on the Federal Reserve Act (known as the Currency Bill at the time) deviously in a late night session when most of its members had gone home or had left town for the holiday. This was done to impose the will of a pro-banker minority on the objecting majority. Since no quorum was present, the Federal Reserve Act is not valid.
This idea is better described as folklore than a full-blown conspiracy theory because I've never been able to find it in print, only on occasion on Usenet or in e-mail from readers. Gary Kah, author of En Route to Global Occupation, came close when he wrote that the bill's supporters waited until its opponents were out of town and it was passed under "suspicious circumstances" (Kah, p. 13-14).2 Nevertheless, the myth has no basis in fact. The House passed the bill 298-60 on the evening of Dec. 22, 1913.3 The Senate began debate the following day at 10am, and passed it 43-25 at 2:30pm.4
What of the missing Senators? Since there were 48 states in 1913, forty eight votes plus the tie-breaking vote of vice-President Thomas Marshall would have been sufficient to approve the bill even if all absent votes had been cast against the bill. However, many of the missing Senators had their positions recorded in the Congressional Record.1 Of the 27 votes not cast, there were 11 'yeas' (in favor of the bill) and 12 'nays.'1 Even if the absentee Senators had been there, the Currency Bill would have passed easily.
President Wilson signed the Currency Bill into law in an "enthusiastic" public ceremony on Dec. 23, 1913.
References:
1. Congressional Record, 63rd Congress, 2nd Session, Dec. 23, 1913, pp. 1487-1488.
2. Kah, Gary (1991), En Route to Global Occupation, Layfayette, La.: Huntington Press.
3. "Money bill goes to Wilson today," New York Times, pp. 1-3, Dec. 23, 1913.
4. "Wilson signs currency bill," New York Times, pp. 1-2, Dec. 24, 1913.
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Now I wasn't around then so I cannot state which is the truth and which is the lie, but I have my suspicions that the video is wrong. I haven't checked the references, so in fact they may be the lie. Anyone know for certain? Haven't the time to research it to be honest.
Can’t see the forest for the trees? This sort of nitpicking in no way invalidates the overwhelming evidence the video produces showing that the affairs of this planet are largely nudged if not outright controlled by a clique of stealthy financier oligarchs who claim to be capitalists but who are, in actual fact, a feudal monopolist aristocracy hell bent on creating a global fascist police state. As an anti-monarchist republican, why do you defend them? Take the blindfold off. You put it there to begin with.
Naw...didn’t happen like that, McGee!
Why, everyone knows that the Federal Reserve Act AND the 16th Amendment (federal income tax) both passed in 1913 because the year before in 1912, all those shakers, movers, plutocrats & financiers perished in the sinking of the Titanic.
And then Congress, free of their heavyhanded influence, was able pass fair-minded legislation which ushered America into a new enlightened and progressive era.
;^)
OBTW, do you really believe that the Titanic disaster that killed all those VIPs was nothing other than a tragic accident?
Barreling through iceberg-infested seas at well above her rated speed on a moonless night with her lookouts deprived of the use of binoculars even though there were five pairs in the first officer’s cabin? Maintaining speed while disregarding a flurry of ice reports from other ships in the area? With the White Star Line’s Bruce Ismay pressuring Captain Smith to reach New York in record time in order to impress all those wealthy & powerful passengers who were traveling in First Class?
OK.....I guess...it really was...a stupid accident...that need not have happened. Never mind.
Anyway, you can’t discuss the Bilderburgers without mentioning the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations. So what gives with the other two?