Josh Hawley Moves to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress: ‘Call It The Pelosi Act’
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Man, if this could only pass....
Here's my problem with it. Republicans always try to pass legislation when they know good and damn well it will NEVER pass. Why not wait until they have complete control of the House and Senate to do this?
Make it a mid-term issue, absolutely, but don't try to bring this to the floor for a vote when you know it will die there. Then it will be "Oh well, we tried."
Putting it up for a vote now exposes those up for reelection in the Midterms.
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Yeah, but then they NEVER bring it back up when they get into power. That is the problem. Let's see where half the RINOs stand when the vote ACTUALLY matters, instead of political grandstanding, knowing full well they can all vote for it, but it won't pass anyway.
THIS! 👆 u/green_cheetah
Legislation in name only.
They do this to make people think if we vote for them they’ll really go hard. Then after the election they say, we need to look forward not backwards so the nation can heal. Every. Single. Time.
Nothing stopping them from reintroducing it lated.
I guess I'm just tired, and a wee bit jaded at this point. Yes, it would show how many Democrats are dirty, but it doesn't do anything meaningful. People aren't going to vote someone out now over this one issue. People's minds are made up already. It also doesn't tell the whole story. I mean Mitt Romney could vote for this, but we all know good and damn well he'd vote against it when it matters. This would provide RINOs like him political cover. That disgusts me.
Mitt Romney would never see this bill. No way it passes the House.
True. It was just an example of a RINO that would vote yes when they know it would never actually pass. Yes, Romney is in the Senate. Insert ANY RINO in the House instead. :o)
Because they're useless cucks.
You are absolutely correct. Let us just say, zero stock holding or tradings of members of Congress and their immediate family and zero sharing info. with friends either.
The sole purpose these crooks get into politics is because they know that the REAL money and power is making the laws that decide the winners and losers in the so called free market society. That's why 80%+ are lawyers.