Congress looking at lawmakers insider trading

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Members of Congress, battling single digit approval ratings, are paying attention to the perception that some lawmakers enriched themselves through insider trading.

Bills in the House and Senate are getting hearings, and the House Ethics Committee has sent out a memo reminding lawmakers that insider trading could violate the law and House rules.

TexasBlue wrote:Gingrich? Let's pull up some other good stuff from the other side. I guarantee you that both parties exploited this BS for years. It's my reason for term limits on Representatives and Senators.

Mac McFadden wrote:Didn't Martha Stewart go to JAIL for that?


Mac

dblboggie wrote:This is the very sort of crony capitalism that has made a mockery of our constitution and the rule of law - and both parties are equally guilty of these abuses.

Any member of congress practicing insider trading should be expelled immediately and prosecuted for it in a court of law, as any of us would be.