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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.

Wonkblog (WaPo):Budget cuts have harmed growth , reports David Leonhardt in the NYT.

Up with Chris (video): New York Attorney General and co-chair of President Obama’s new mortgage crisis unit Eric Schneiderman talks with Chris about his expectations for the new mortgage crisis investigations.

The Hill, House: Democrats’ strategy on Medicare: Let Ryan, Republicans step in it again

The Hill, Senate: GOP wants Sen. Baucus to go rogue on Keystone XL oil sands pipeline

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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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