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Today, the Campaign Legal Center, and a coalition of reform groups, called again for a ban on congressional insider trading as the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing downplaying the need for the legislation. In a letter to both houses of Congress, the groups urged Members to quickly...
Today the Campaign Legal Center and other reform groups urged Members of Congress to co-sponsor and push for passage of the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act” (STOCK Act) designed to prevent congressional insider trading. In separate letters to the full House and Senate the groups...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, and a coalition of reform groups, urged the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs to pass a strong version of a bill banning congressional insider trading at its markup of the legislation tomorrow. The “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, and a coalition of reform groups, urged the Senate to vote in favor of the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act” (STOCK Act) when it is brought to the floor for a vote next week. The letter sent to every Senator also urges them to oppose any amendments to...
In three separate letters today, the Campaign Legal Center and other reform groups urged the House pass the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge” (STOCK) Act, banning congressional insider trading, and emphasized the importance of retaining anti-public corruption measures from the Senate version...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, and a coalition of reform groups, renewed its call for a ban congressional insider trading and urged the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee to quickly move legislation forward to the full Senate. The Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, and a coalition of reform groups, called on the Speaker of the House and the House Majority Leader to heed calls from a majority of the colleagues to pass legislation to curb congressional insider trading.
The letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority...
The abrupt cancellation of the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of the STOCK Act is a slap in the face to the American people. The move by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor comes on the same day that a majority of House Members have co-sponsored the legislation. Once again, congressional...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, urged Senators to support passage of a public corruption amendment to the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act” (STOCK Act) which prohibits congressional insider trading. The bipartisan amendment (1483) has bicameral support and contains the key provisions...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center and other reform groups urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to insist on a STOCK Act conference to restore key anti-corruption provisions to the legislation that were stripped out of the House version.
“Claims by House Leaders that they had passed a...
“Last night’s Senate passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act represents a strong step forward on several important ethical issues. Senators who voted for passage are to be commended. It is now up to the House leadership to ensure that the legislation is not watered down...
Majority Leader Reid's decision to have the Senate pass the House version of the STOCK Act is disappointing and snatches away a critical opportunity to strengthen ethics laws for public officials and bring some oversight to those who mine the halls of Congress for “political intelligence” investors...