GOP Congress votes to make it easier to escape ethics violations

[rdean]

No , it was the Pubs who gutted the independent ethics committee, its like sending your tax returns to yourself, gives them a license to do whatever, since well they are in charge.

Say goodbye, fading fading, gone in 2018.

No worries, nobody votes Republican anymore. Only a Dim thinks it's necessary to have a government agency for morals. LOL.

Republicans think you need to have a church for morals. If you don't tell people God doesn't want you to rape and murder, then everyone would be out raping and murdering. That's the GOP's. rationale.

 

[Iceweasel]

No , it was the Pubs who gutted the independent ethics committee, its like sending your tax returns to yourself, gives them a license to do whatever, since well they are in charge.

Say goodbye, fading fading, gone in 2018.

No worries, nobody votes Republican anymore. Only a Dim thinks it's necessary to have a government agency for morals. LOL.

Republicans think you need to have a church for morals. If you don't tell people God doesn't want you to rape and murder, then everyone would be out raping and murdering. That's the GOP's. rationale.

That's your insane interpretation anyway but doesn't refute what I said. To the liberal, government IS god. So the GOP is a false god to them. That's why they are so angry.

 

[Penelope]

No , it was the Pubs who gutted the independent ethics committee, its like sending your tax returns to yourself, gives them a license to do whatever, since well they are in charge.

Say goodbye, fading fading, gone in 2018.

No worries, nobody votes Republican anymore. Only a Dim thinks it's necessary to have a government agency for morals. LOL.

Republicans think you need to have a church for morals. If you don't tell people God doesn't want you to rape and murder, then everyone would be out raping and murdering. That's the GOP's. rationale.

That's your insane interpretation anyway but doesn't refute what I said. To the liberal, government IS god. So the GOP is a false god to them. That's why they are so angry.

Hey lets fire all the congress and pres. No need for government anymore. send them home.

 

[MisterBeale]

It looks worse than it actually is, most likely. However, it is pretty damned suspect that the Republicans got behind closed doors on a holiday and pulled this together. What do they think they're up to?

Just making it easier for everyone in D.C. to make a buck.

Sure the Dems. might be crying foul for the cameras, but secretly, I wouldn't be surprised if they are just as pleased as punch.


It's sickening how all of them can legally get away with insider trading. They just have to do it in a rather crafty manner. Through friends, creating start-ups, tipping off former co-workers, etc.

How do you think these pukes start their careers off making 200k a year, and then a few decades later, either by revolving through lobby firms or advising for corporations of the Deep State, end up retiring multimillionaires? It doesn't matter which party they started out representing, they're all the same.

How Congress Quietly Overhauled Its Insider-Trading Law
The White House cited the independent report in explaining why the president signed the bill. And a spokesman for Cantor said the House and Senate were simply following recommendations of the study. But Lisa Rosenberg, a lobbyist for the Sunlight Foundation, which advocated for the STOCK Act, says Congress went too far.


"It's really shocking that they used basically the situation of questions about whether some language in the bill was overbroad to just gut the bill — to gut the transparency measures that apply to themselves," she says.


Still, two major elements of the law remain. Insider trading is illegal, even for members of Congress and the executive branch. And for those who are covered by the now-narrower law, disclosures of large stock trades are required within 45 days. It will just be harder to get to them.

Amendment
The STOCK Act was modified on April 15, 2013, by S.716. This amendment modifies the online disclosure portion of the STOCK Act, so that some officials, but not the President, Vice President, Congress, or anyone running for Congress, can no longer file online and their records are no longer easily accessible to the public. In Section (a)2, the amendment specifically does not alter the online access for trades by the President, The Vice President, Congress, or those running for Congress.[11] The reasoning for this change was to prevent criminals from gaining access to the financial data and using it against affected persons. This bill was introduced by Senator Harry Reid on April 11, 2013. It was considered by the Senate and passed by unanimous consent. In the house, S.716 received only 14 seconds before being passed by unanimous consent.[12]
STOCK Act - Wikipedia

By modifying the oversight, tracing these abuses will be much harder, thus profit potential will increase.

Here's the original story that broke the problem.
Congress: Trading stock on inside information?

 

[JimH52]

AHA! The GOP pulled it after Trump Tweets! Good for Donald. He is more Democrat than Republican anyway.

House Republicans pull plan to gut independent ethics panel after Trump tweets - CNNPolitics.com

 

[JimH52]

I am glad the Left is finally paying attention to ethics, now that an R is elected POTUS.

Too bad they ignored ethics, morality, truth, honesty, transparency, rule of law, illegalities, the Constitution, warmongering,divisiveness, hatefulness, deceitfulness, lying, corruption, cronyism, wastefulness, ......................for the last eight years.

Must they always prove themselves hypocrites over and over again?

Really? Probably the most scandal free eight years of any Presidency.

Supporting ISIS, among other things, hardly renders one "scandal-free".

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

 

[JimH52]

It looks worse than it actually is, most likely. However, it is pretty damned suspect that the Republicans got behind closed doors on a holiday and pulled this together. What do they think they're up to?

Lady, the Republicans are always trying to screw someone over. They think they are above the law and conversely, think everyone else is breaking the law. They always have been that way.

 

[gipper]

I am glad the Left is finally paying attention to ethics, now that an R is elected POTUS.

Too bad they ignored ethics, morality, truth, honesty, transparency, rule of law, illegalities, the Constitution, warmongering,divisiveness, hatefulness, deceitfulness, lying, corruption, cronyism, wastefulness, ......................for the last eight years.

Must they always prove themselves hypocrites over and over again?

Really? Probably the most scandal free eight years of any Presidency.

Supporting ISIS, among other things, hardly renders one "scandal-free".

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

You are not paying attention Jimbo. Trump slammed the GOP and Lil Jebby in a debate 2 years ago. Your DNC news channel is not informing you.

 

[JimH52]

I am glad the Left is finally paying attention to ethics, now that an R is elected POTUS.

Too bad they ignored ethics, morality, truth, honesty, transparency, rule of law, illegalities, the Constitution, warmongering,divisiveness, hatefulness, deceitfulness, lying, corruption, cronyism, wastefulness, ......................for the last eight years.

Must they always prove themselves hypocrites over and over again?

Really? Probably the most scandal free eight years of any Presidency.

Supporting ISIS, among other things, hardly renders one "scandal-free".

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

You are not paying attention Jimbo. Trump slammed the GOP and Lil Jebby in a debate 2 years ago. Your DNC news channel is not informing you.

If Trump had not slammed them again, they would be sliding through the ethics door.

 

[gipper]

Really? Probably the most scandal free eight years of any Presidency.

Supporting ISIS, among other things, hardly renders one "scandal-free".

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

You are not paying attention Jimbo. Trump slammed the GOP and Lil Jebby in a debate 2 years ago. Your DNC news channel is not informing you.

If Trump had not slammed them again, they would be sliding through the ethics door.

Trump is a life long D, but you hate him because your DNC news sources tell you to. You are like a trained dog.

 

[GaryDog]

I am glad the Left is finally paying attention to ethics, now that an R is elected POTUS.

Too bad they ignored ethics, morality, truth, honesty, transparency, rule of law, illegalities, the Constitution, warmongering, divisiveness, hatefulness, deceitfulness, lying, corruption, cronyism, wastefulness, ......................for the last eight years.

LOL @ a fan of the Bush white house saying this. Most corrupt since Nixon.

And will be the most corrupt UNTIL Trump.

 

[GaryDog]

Supporting ISIS, among other things, hardly renders one "scandal-free".

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

You are not paying attention Jimbo. Trump slammed the GOP and Lil Jebby in a debate 2 years ago. Your DNC news channel is not informing you.

If Trump had not slammed them again, they would be sliding through the ethics door.

Trump is a life long D, but you hate him because your DNC news sources tell you to. You are like a trained dog.

Wrong.

 

[gipper]

If you believe it's wrong for Obama's government, why is it alright for Trump's government to get away with it? Of course, there doesn't HAVE to be an independent Ethics Commission in order to unearth scandal and wrong doing. However, it smells to the high heaven and justifying it by pointing to what you perceive as wrong doing in the last administration doesn't fly. The election is over. The votes are cast. Now come up with some GOOD reasons for what the Republicans are doing by gutting the Ethics Commission.

Trump slammed the GOP! Hey, the guy might be pretty good!

You are not paying attention Jimbo. Trump slammed the GOP and Lil Jebby in a debate 2 years ago. Your DNC news channel is not informing you.

If Trump had not slammed them again, they would be sliding through the ethics door.

Trump is a life long D, but you hate him because your DNC news sources tell you to. You are like a trained dog.

Wrong.

Right.

 

[gipper]

I am glad the Left is finally paying attention to ethics, now that an R is elected POTUS.

Too bad they ignored ethics, morality, truth, honesty, transparency, rule of law, illegalities, the Constitution, warmongering, divisiveness, hatefulness, deceitfulness, lying, corruption, cronyism, wastefulness, ......................for the last eight years.

LOL @ a fan of the Bush white house saying this. Most corrupt since Nixon.

And will be the most corrupt UNTIL Trump.

You are not paying attention. You need a good ass kicking.

 

[mamooth]

Trump had nuthin' to do with it. It was their phones ringing off the hooks that change the minds of the Republican congressmen. And it was primarily liberals doing the calling, because until Trump weighed in, almost every conservative supported the corruption.

Trump, as usual, just took credit for the hard work of other people. And his media suckups played along. You'll see this happening a lot, the media lapdogs giving Trump credit for every single thing in the USA that he tweets about.