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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 个月前

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 · 8 个月前
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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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  • CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca
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    This is such a no-brainer. They should be banned from doing it, and their wealth should be locked away in a blind trust, until they finish their terms.

  • Kookie215@lemmy.world
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    Doesn’t Congress eventually have to pass it though?

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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      Why? What do you mean?

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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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.

        • Kookie215@lemmy.world
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          Exactly, thank you.

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    Here we go again. The fact that they’re allowed to trade in the first place is a joke, not least because they are owned by lobbyists.

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    Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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    Fucking good! Fingers crossed it goes through.

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