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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by dragonwriter on Thursday December 16, 2021 @02:14PM (#29582485)
> True, though the ratio of 15 to 45 is better than the ratio of 2 to 45.

Senate terms are 6 years, not 2.

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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by bumby on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:56PM (#29584513)
Are we still talking about Pelosi? She’s not a Senator
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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by dragonwriter on Thursday December 16, 2021 @08:23PM (#29586527)
> Are we still talking about Pelosi? She’s not a Senator

We’re talking about the suggestion “if every Senator were elected for 15 years...

Which, yes, was an odd suggestion in this thread for the reason you point out, sure.

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Re:Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers. ‘We are a free... by bumby on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:04PM (#29586854)
Thanks for clarifying, it was a bit hard for me to follow on mobile
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