New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley are introducing bipartisan legislation that would prevent members of the executive and legislative branches — as well as their spouses and children — from trading individual company stocks.
Rottcodd ( @Rottcodd@kbin.social ) 14•1 year agoI’ll be mildly curious to see how it will fail to pass.
That it will fail to pass is guaranteed.
Uprise42 ( @Uprise42@kbin.social ) 9•1 year agoCan’t fail if it doesn’t hit the floor. It will get caught in limbo. This will be the last we hear of this
NotTheOnlyGamer ( @NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social ) 11•1 year agoOh, finally! I’m certain it’s going to fall completely on its face, but at least they’re finally acknowledging that the issue exists.
blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) 9•1 year agoIMO every other issue in congress stems from blatant conflict of interest like this, and like donations. To a point where even if youre a single issue voter for something like healthcare, or budget, etc, this is still the first step to resolving your concern. How are drug and health insurance prices ever going to be regulated in favor of those that need it, if representatives financially benefit from doing the opposite?
People elected to federal government are already entitled to salaries they can comfortably live on. And they should really be living on that exclusively while serving.
henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) 5•1 year agoThey’re not going to vote against their own interests.
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
If only the same could be said of the general public.
Alto ( @Alto@kbin.social ) 1•1 year agoHawley doing something not awful? Has hell frozen over?
Unaware7013 ( @Unaware7013@kbin.social ) 8•1 year agoHe knows the bill is dead in the water. No way he’d support something sensible that had a chance of ever seeing bidens desk