[NativeNewYorker]

For a private citizen, yes. But a United States Senator, who can vote on tax policy, treaties, etc., is held to a very very different standard.

The extreme example of avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest is Alan Greenspan, who keeps all of his personal financial assets in T-bills, by definition earning the least interest possible, and having no opportunity to speculate in stocks.

The polar opposite is DiFi, who sits on the Senate Foreign Affairs ctte, and whose husband is palsy with the chicoms.

[GeronL]

don't forget he created a tax loophole just for Heinz Corporation