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Re:Senate Stock Watcher by mehrdadn on Friday April 10, 2020 @07:34PM (#22838461)
Then why can't SEC have the authority to deal with congresspeople too, though?
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Re:Senate Stock Watcher by brianwawok on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:21PM (#22838716)
Because obviously the congresspeople don’t want to pass such a law
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Re:Senate Stock Watcher by mehrdadn on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:24PM (#22838731)
I mean isn't that a problem with the original proposal too?
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Re:Senate Stock Watcher by mike_d on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:46PM (#22838814)
> why can't SEC have the authority to deal with congresspeople too

Because congress wrote the law.

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Re:Senate Stock Watcher by mehrdadn on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:55PM (#22838863)
But they somehow wrote the original proposal?
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