Congress exempted themselves from insider trading laws. Aside from the straight up bribes they receive, it’s a major reason they can go up to Capitol Hill with relatively normal assets and come out multi-millionaires a few years later.
Well, another reason is that by serving even one 2-year term in Congress, you earn a pension worth more than a million. But I thought the financial disclosure laws required the Critters to have a blind trust, or were at least banned from doing their own trades. Hello, Paul Ryan!!!! Urgent House business over here!!