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  • 'Conflicted Congress': Key findings from Insider's five-month investigation into federal lawmakers' personal finances (AND SEARCHABLE DATABASE)

    12/17/2021 10:06:17 AM PST · by bitt · 6 replies
    businessinsider.com ^ | 12/16/2021 | Dave Levinthal
    Dozens of federal lawmakers and at least 182 top staffers have violated a conflict-of-interest law. Numerous members of Congress personally invest in industries they oversee. Few face serious consequences, legally or otherwise. The nation is unabashedly polarized. Republicans and Democrats enjoy little goodwill and less commonality. But in Washington, DC, a bipartisan phenomenon is thriving. Numerous members of Congress, both liberal and conservative, are united in their demonstrated indifference toward a law designed to quash corruption and curb conflicts-of-interest. Insider's new investigative reporting project, "Conflicted Congress," chronicles the myriad ways members of the US House and Senate have eviscerated their...