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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by tootallgavin on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:56PM (#32266996)
What about the salaries of the staff? What about the tools needed to perform the job?
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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by evan_ on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:21PM (#32267456)
They get a budget. They're not schoolteachers.
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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by tootallgavin on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:12PM (#32268145)
> They get a budget.

What happens when they exceed the budget?

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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by evan_ on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:45PM (#32268567)
Either checks bounce, or some other office covers the shortage and the account is just overdrawn until paid back. There was a minor scandal about this in 1992.

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

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