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Republicans Refusing Ban On Congressional Stock Trading

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Republicans Refusing Ban On Congressional Stock TradingStock 2.0 Act bans members of Congress from trading stocks. Republicans are resisting the piece of legislation. This press release is from End Citizens United. Below is an excerpt:

After today’s Committee on House Administration hearing on congressional stock trading, it is clear there are few things that Republicans love more than their stock trading. How else are they supposed to exploit their positions of power to line their own pockets?

Fortunately, Democrats are serious about passing the STOCK 2.0 Act and barring members of Congress from trading stocks, and used today’s hearing to expose the self-serving corruption that stock-trading politicians use to enrich themselves.

See below for quotes from Republicans on how much they love trading stocks to make themselves richer:

Find the full release here.

 

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