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January 30, 2012 - by David Moore
The Hill: "The Senate meets at 2 p.m. for speeches, and then at 4:30 p.m. starts work on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which aims to prevent members of Congress from making trades based on non-public information." Official press release (Nov. 16, 2011) from Senate version sponsor, Sen. Gillibrand. Video on her official site from Jan. 26th.
Links to official schedules for House & Senate on the STOCK Act (H.R. 1148, with 99% user support on OC; and S. 1903). Follow the Money Trail of which interest groups support & oppose the Senate version. News & blog coverage aggregated by our OC web scrapers, for helpful context. Previous coverage on OC Blog & previous House sponsorship by Rep. Slaughter. Email your members of Congress via Contact-Congress on OC.
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Of course, a few senators tried to add earmarks that had nothing to do with the bill, and everything to do with business as usual. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, no friend of reform, put a stop to that.
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I’m really against the STOCK act. It’s not the right way of doing things the way we should do them, not at all. Maybe it’s time for all of us to invest in gold since gold is the only sure way of securing your savings. Just a thought..
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