Question: If the text of HR1207 had been amended to the patently unconstitutional House Spending Bill (a bill the Ron Paul and over 150 other House members voted against, even though it passed in the end) would Ron Paul have voted for it? I don't think so. It would, in that situation, be supporting legislation that clearly violates the Constitution, something we should not be advocating.

Asking Senate members to support S604 by amending it to an unconstitutional piece of legislation is not necessarily helpful. It could even make opponents out of potential allies. S604 is a Fed transparency bill, not a "end the fed" bil. It could and should be supported by many Democrats regardless of their view of the worth of the Fed or the lack thereof.

I doubt if any sponsor in the Senate would want a potentially contentious amendment tacked onto a spending bill that left the House for the Senate with a split vote.