Posted on 09/28/2022 4:19:58 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
In September, The New York Times published an extensive report that said 97 lawmakers or their family members traded financial assets in the past three years that could be conflicts of interest.
Pelosi — whose husband, Paul Pelosi, is a venture capitalist — was at first against the idea of a ban on lawmaker stock trading, but ultimately endorsed the push in February. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers put the topic back in the news earlier this month when it penned a letter to leadership asking for a vote on a bill reforming lawmaker stock trading.
Earlier this month, Pelosi said such a bill would likely come to the floor this month.
But time is running out.
The House reconvenes on Wednesday for the final three days of legislative business before the midterm elections. House lawmakers are scheduled to leave Washington on Friday and are not slated to return until after November.
Even if there is enough time to bring the bill to the floor, it is unclear that it has the votes to pass.
Punchbowl News reported earlier on Tuesday that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who sets the schedule in the lower chamber, has expressed opposition to the ban on lawmaker stock trading.
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To take effect 2044?
Grandfather clause.
Sorry, Grandperson Pronouns He/Him....
Banning lawmakers makes sense but why judges? That being said I wonder if you could really enforce the law even if it was passed .
Unlike the “Inflation Reduction Act”, congress should go for an honest naming structure for this bill.
Like…
The Pelosi Reduction Act…
Didn’t they pass something like this a few years ago then remove it when no one was looking ,LOL
To get the judges to rule the whole bill unconstitutional.
Any increase in net worth of elected public “servants” should be taxed at 98%.
Presume the text of the bill will exclude Democrats? Or what’s their out?
Didn’t they pass something like this a few years ago then remove it when no one was looking ,LOL
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Good memory, that’s exactly what they did.
This time there’s probably a micro dot fine print clause
( Gov employees exempt )
“:^)
there is no way this gets passed.
Only lawmakers? So lawmakers friends, family, business associates, bums, names from a phone book etc excluded.
All for show.
Grand genetic material donor
As if Democrats ever have or ever will obey laws.
Always remember their double-standard ‘standard’.
Like NEVER
As I said the other day about recent California legislation: “Indigenous Person Pronouns She/Her Valley” just rolls off of the tongue.
Sheet D C the pubbies are in on it too..........
Take the last four words off the title and it would be the best thing Democrats have ever done.
Ooops, we passed it, but silly us, we forgot to put an
inception date in the bill.
“:^)
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