Pelosi and a lifetime of trading

Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by kcdev on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:34PM (#27908453)

The STOCK Act is supposed to prevent this. But the same politicians who passed the law and had the media cover it as much as possible, then later quietly passed another that the law would not be enforced.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by eganist on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:38PM (#27908513)

Do you have a reference to the specific legal code which includes the amendment?

Thanks for coming through on this ask. I'm having a hard time finding it, and it's a point of contention I plan on raising with Virginia legislators if any of them voted in favor.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by at-fates-hands on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:45PM (#27908623)

Here you go. Happened in 2013 under Obama:

But on Monday, when the president signed a bill reversing big pieces of the law, the emailed announcement was one sentence long. There was no fanfare last week either, when the Senate and then the House passed the bill in largely empty chambers using a fast-track procedure known as unanimous consent.

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/17749...

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by eganist on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:54PM (#27908782)

Thanks, this is helpful.

It's exceptionally unlikely that I'll be able to spur meaningful change, but I'll try to have an update in December. (Posting for accountability)

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by weaksauce on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:01PM (#27908894)

why make it partisan by mentioning obama like he had anything to do with it as this was passed unanimously by both the senate and the house.

just like when someone says "bill clinton repealed glass stegal" no he signed it when it was passed through by veto proof margins with only 2 people dissenting in the senate... he just happened to be the president at the time.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by vxNsr on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:09PM (#27909009)

Because he could veto it.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by weaksauce on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:10PM (#27909031)

you understand vetos are something congress can override right?

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by boomboomsubban on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:20PM (#27909178)

Vetoing the bill would have at least made the passage more notable, and likely required there to have been more than thirty seconds of debate on the topic. Making them override a veto has some value.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by weaksauce on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:28PM (#27910917)

again it's not a partisan issue... literally both parties are passing these bills almost unanimously. it's a class issue i'll give you but not a partisan one.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by vxNsr on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:36PM (#27911036)

Vetoing sends a message and as others have said would at least force the media to talk about it.

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Re:Pelosi and a lifetime of trading by MikeUt on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:45PM (#27908627)

Try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act#Amendment

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