Five Questions for Bernanke on Capitol Hill: Caroline Baum
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightTwice a year, the chairman of the Federal Reserve goes up to Capitol Hill to deliver the Fed’s semiannual monetary report to Congress. And twice each year -- four times, actually, because he appears before both Senate and House committees -- we get to observe the spectacle of lawmakers delivering long-winded opening statements and reading staff-prepared questions for what appears to be the first time. This lack of preparedness is more prevalent in the House.