A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress, setting the bill up for action in the Senate later this month.

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    4 months ago

    if this law becomes a 10% levy on politicians trading stocks, ill take that as a win

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      4 months ago

      People settling like this just empowers these people to continue grifting us. We shouldn’t be satisfied with the bare minimum.

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        4 months ago

        I won’t be satisfied. But I’ll be happy that it’s better than before.

        Same logic as I have for most climate laws.