teapartysamurai
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Way to hold Congress' Feet to the Fire!
» BREAKING: House to Hold Hearing on Congressional Insider Trading; Both Houses Now Investigating - Big Government
I LOVE IT!
In the 70s and 80s Congress would pass laws and make themselves exempt. It took the Contract with America to start ending that nonsense.
NOW we have another example of Congress making themselves exempt from laws that effect everyone else.
You and I use insider info and we go to the pokey, but Congress?
Apparently, Congress has heard from their constiuents AND are probably still sweating from the 2010 shellaquing.
I think they might be worried if they don't straighten up, THEIR jobs might be caput.
I love this!
We all need to email and demand this nonsense be stopped.
If we can't do it, neither should Congress.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), under pressure from conservatives, liberals, and his own constituents, has announced that the House Financial Services Committee, which he chairs, will hold hearings on Dec. 6 to consider legislation to prevent insider trading by members of Congress.
Both the House and the Senate are now planning hearings on congressional insider trading, following exposés by Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer in his new book, Throw Them All Out.
In a lovely bit of irony, Rep. Barney Frankhe who rejected 18 requests by George W. Bush to tighten up standards at Fannie Mae and Freddie Macwrote a letter to Rep. Bachus, encouraging him to craft legislation against Congressional insider trading practices:
» BREAKING: House to Hold Hearing on Congressional Insider Trading; Both Houses Now Investigating - Big Government
I LOVE IT!
In the 70s and 80s Congress would pass laws and make themselves exempt. It took the Contract with America to start ending that nonsense.
NOW we have another example of Congress making themselves exempt from laws that effect everyone else.
You and I use insider info and we go to the pokey, but Congress?
Apparently, Congress has heard from their constiuents AND are probably still sweating from the 2010 shellaquing.
I think they might be worried if they don't straighten up, THEIR jobs might be caput.
I love this!
We all need to email and demand this nonsense be stopped.
If we can't do it, neither should Congress.