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'''Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul''' (born August 20, 1935) is a libertarian 10th-term Congressman, a former Air Force Flight Surgeon, a medical doctor (M.D.) and was a 2008 and 2012 candidate for the Republican Party's nomination, and the 2008 Libertarian nominee for President of the United States. He is from the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. As a [[Republican Party|Republican]], he has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] since 1997, and had previously served as the representative from Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985.  

'''Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul''' (born August 20, 1935) is a libertarian 10th-term Congressman, a former Air Force Flight Surgeon, a medical doctor (M.D.) and was a 2008 and 2012 candidate for the Republican Party's nomination, and the 2008 Libertarian nominee for President of the United States. He is from the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. As a [[Republican Party|Republican]], he has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] since 1997, and had previously served as the representative from Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985.  

In Congress he has proposed doing away with personal income taxes, federal antitrust laws and the minimum wage. He advocated pulling the United States out of the United Nations, NATO and the International Monetary Fund.  Republicans ignore him; most of his bills fail to attract a single co-sponsor.  

In Congress he has proposed doing away with personal income taxes, federal antitrust laws and the minimum wage. He advocated pulling the United States out of the United Nations, NATO and the International Monetary Fund.  For years Republicans have ignored him; most of his bills failed to attract a single co-sponsor.  

However in 2009 he has attracted over 300 votes for his bipartisan proposal to subject the [[Federal Reserve]] to unprecedented scrutiny by allowing the Government Accountability Office to audit all central bank operations, including its decisions on interest rates, lending to individual banks and transactions with foreign central banks. He has a separate bill to abolish the Fed altogether. (He is the lone sponsor.)  

However in 2009 he has attracted over 300 votes for his bipartisan proposal to subject the [[Federal Reserve]] to unprecedented scrutiny by allowing the Government Accountability Office to audit all central bank operations, including its decisions on interest rates, lending to individual banks and transactions with foreign central banks. He has a separate bill to abolish the Fed altogether. (He is the lone sponsor.)