Burr: "Insider trading by members of Congress is just fine with me"
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama highlighted one particular piece of legislation to restore the public's faith in their government:
“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress, and I will sign it tomorrow,” Obama said during his address to a joint session of Congress.
Today, the Senate voted to move forward with the STOCK Act, which will do precisely that. Today's vote was on cloture, the Senate agreeing to move the bill forward, and it passed 93-2 (Sens. Tom Coburn [R-OK] and Richard Burr [R-NC] voted against).
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Richard certainly lives up to his nickname...
DICK
"Money doesn't talk, it swears." ~ R. Zimmerman
Thurman
I fear I accidentally deleted one of your comments. I was checking in on my iPhone this morning (I do this every day to clear spam) and I may have removed a comment of yours inadvertently.
My apologies.
James
No worries
I had posted the script to Monty Python's "SPAM" skit below a spam comment. The cold meds are affecting my noggin lately.
No offense taken, 'twas merely a flesh wound.
"Money doesn't talk, it swears." ~ R. Zimmerman
Can we also include...
the White House staff in this bill?