Why not go after Pelosi and all the other crooks and make them explain how they became millionaires.
Bipartisan group, including Gaetz and Ocasio-Cortez, unveil bill to ban lawmakers from owning stocks.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would prohibit members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks, a proposal aimed at restoring public trust by preventing lawmakers from profiting off insider information.
In a sign that the measure enjoys support across the ideological spectrum, the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act is sponsored by GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Raja Krishnamoorthi.
“The fact that members of the Progressive Caucus, the Freedom Caucus, and the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, reflecting the entirety of the political spectrum, can find common ground on key issues like this should send a powerful message to America,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement. “We must move forward on issues that unite us, including our firm belief that trust in government must be restored, and that members of Congress, including their dependents, must be prohibited from trading in stocks while they are serving in Congress and have access to sensitive, inside information. This is basic common sense and basic Integrity 101.”
The bill would also prohibit members’ spouses and any dependents from owning individual stocks or making trades, and require all members or covered family members who currently own individual stocks to divest or place them in a “qualified blind trust.” The bill does not prohibit members and their families from investing in widely held investment funds or Treasury bonds, and allows for contributions to the government’s retirement plan.
Why? Because the press will report them as having been suicidal.
Obviously she just has “gifts” of seeing the future. This photo was taken for the official record. She’s usually wearing a turban seated at a table with a crystal ball before her. Seriously though, violation of the public trust should carry harsh prison time and if serious enough be a capital crime. These people are using their offices for personal gain and thumbing their noses at the American people. They don’t even try to hide it anymore.
The “Congressional Members of Owning and Trading Individual Stocks Caucus” will fight this.
I have a better chance of winning Mega Millions than this bill has a chance of being signed into law.
I do like it, though.
The bill is bullshit.
Every party that had control of Congress wrote up a stern bill and then… No one let it get to the floor for a vote. Rinse and repeat.
This is purely for show.
NEXT?!
“trust in government must be restored. ”
Hahahahahahahahahaha, oh shit, think I just peed a little.
MJA AT 4:47 PM…yeah didn’t they do this when Peter Swietzers book came out exposing the fraud? How long ago was that.
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The Pelosi act.