Watchdog: 7 members of Congress allegedly failed to disclose stock trades

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The Hill
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Campaign Legal Center said it had a “particular concern” with the alleged violations by Axne, Davidson, Gooden, San Nicolas and Williams because they all sit on the House Financial Services Committee. “The lack of accountability we’ve seen in regard to STOCK Act compliance is basically giving elected officials the green light to buy and sell stocks based on information gained from committee meetings without any transparency for their voters,” Kedric PayneCLC’s general counsel and senior director of ethics, said.

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