Congress Found a Way to Kill Something 76% of Americans Want
Three-quarters of Americans say elected officials should not be allowed to trade individual stocks.Yet when the Senate considered legislation restricting congressional stock trading, the debate became tangled up with voter ID and other objections to the bill. The measure ultimately failed to advance. Republicans and Democrats offered very different explanations for why.And voters?They got nothing.This is the problem with Washington turning separate issues into political leverage. If Congress wants to debate voter ID, debate voter ID. If Congress wants to restrict lawmakers from trading…
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