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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by paulryanrogers on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:59PM (#26823989)
Isn't this already an illegal conflict of interest?

Are federal representatives immune?

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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by infinite8s on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:25PM (#26824337)
Congress excluded itself from insider-trading laws. Convenient, eh?
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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by _underfl0w_ on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:34PM (#26825142)
Can anyone cite a source for this? I don't doubt the legitimacy, but would like to know more about it.
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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by vageli on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:41PM (#26825243)
It doesn't seem to be true any longer with the STOCK act.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act

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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by busymom0 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:29PM (#26827887)
It was repealed silently and unimanously in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZINKG-gPT0

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