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*[[Ron Paul]] announces that he will be chairman of the [[House Domestic Monetary Policies Subcommittee]].
*The [[United States Senate]] votes 73–25 in favor of the [[Food Safety Modernization Act]], which would increase the power of the [[FDA]].
*The [[United States Senate]] votes 73–25 in favor of the [[Food Safety Modernization Act]], which would increase the power of the [[FDA]].
*[[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] calls for a freeze in wages for civilian employees of the [[United States government]].
*[[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] calls for a freeze in wages for civilian employees of the [[United States government]].
*The [[European Union]] approves a bailout of [[Ireland]] in response to the country's financial crisis.
*The [[European Union]] approves a bailout of [[Ireland]] in response to the country's financial crisis.
*[[Thomas Woods]] begins a class entitled "[[Nullification]]: A [[Thomas Jefferson|Jeffersonian]] Bulwark Against Tyranny" in the '''[[Mises Academy]]'''.
*[[Thomas Woods]] begins a class entitled "[[Nullification]]: A [[Thomas Jefferson|Jeffersonian]] Bulwark Against Tyranny" in the '''[[Mises Academy]]'''.
*The [[Federal Reserve System|Federal Reserve]] begins a '''[[2010 quantitative easing|second round]]''' of [[quantitative easing]], buying $600 billion in long-term [[United States Treasury|Treasury]] securities with newly created money.


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