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House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading – report

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This is an example of one political party actually trying

I hope it succeeds, but fear Pelosi (the 'leader' of that party) will tank the bill.

Yeah, hubby's strats are too lucrative for that. It's a non-starter.

We need to establish age limits and get all the old greedies out of politics.

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STOCK act 2012. I believe it was quietly repealed.

> STOCK act 2012. I believe it was quietly repealed. No, it wasn't. It was scoped back, uncontroversially, to not apply to e.g. Congressional staffers. It still applies to "the President, Vice President, Congress, or anyone running for Congress" [1]. It also, more controversially, "eliminated the requirement for the creation of searchable, sortable database of information in reports, and the requirement that reports…

Great information, thank you.
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