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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

Reps Kickstart Effort to Ban Congressional Stock Trading

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Reps Kickstart Effort to Ban Congressional Stock Trading

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago
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A bipartisan House coalition is pushing legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, after recent support from President Trump and Minority Leader Jeffries.
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    Doesn’t Congress eventually have to pass it though?

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      Why? What do you mean?

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        Kookie means it’s unlikely to succeed because it requires a group of grifters to make their grifting illegal.

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          Ah, thanks. That makes sense. I was reading it differently.

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          Exactly, thank you.

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