
The Move to End Congressional Stock Trading
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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Democratic senator john osof just released a bill that would force lawmakers to put their assets into a blind trust or pay a fine of their entire salary. This comes only a few weeks after house speaker nancy pelose doubled down on members right to vest in the stock market. Economists have studying the portfolios of members of congress and find they systematically out perform the stock markets.
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