CD024: Let's Gut the STOCK Act

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 21 April 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In the hours before the Boston marathon bombing, President Obama quietly signed a bill gutting the STOCK Act. Full details on the shady way both houses of Congress passed the bill in under two days. Executive Producer: Anonymous Please Support Congressional Dish Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Frank Konkel. March 22, 2013. "CIA CTO sheds light on intelligence community's need for cloud." FCW. STOCK Act Signing. April 4, 2012. C-SPAN. 60 Minutes. Nov 13, 2011. "Congress: Trading stock on inside information?" CBS News. Senate passage of S. 716 took 10 seconds. The Chicago Tribune. url: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa- congress-securitybre93b0zj-20130412,0,6596065.story Chris Coons. "Modifying the Requirements Under the STOCK Act." Congressional Record -- Senate. S2583. "S. 716 Gut the STOCK Act Passes House." April 12, 2013. Congressional Dish Clip Archive. Laws S. 716: A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms. Sponsor: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Summary of S. 716 H.R. 882 : Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013 Sponsor: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) Summary of H.R. 882 H.R. 1163: Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013 Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-CA) Summary of H.R. 1163 H.R. 756: The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-TX) H.R. 249: Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2013 Music Presented in This Episode Money, Money, Money by The Undercover Hippy (found on MusicAlley by mevio)

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0:00.0	The Happy 420, my little stoner friends. Just kidding I know none of you are smoking
0:26.0	weed today. This is Congressional dish and this is your very relieved host Jennifer
0:31.3	Briny as you guys probably figured out, this podcast is late
0:34.7	because we were on lockdown yesterday and it was weird and it's creepy and it was
0:38.9	really hard to focus on Congress when we had a psychopath running around somewhere near our neighborhood.
0:44.4	Now, we weren't actually in the lockdown zone.
0:47.1	Joe and I were about a mile and a half outside of it, but I didn't see a single human
0:51.1	being anywhere.
0:52.1	It was no one walked their dogs, no one went to work,
0:55.4	everyone was freaked out.
0:56.6	It was just, it was one hell of a day, I've got to tell you.
0:59.4	But it ended, we've got the guys, so I've got to say these these government employees of ours
1:06.8	They were so awesome the police and the the mayor the mayor was so cool. We're really going to miss him, Mayor Manino, the governor was great, the FBI was great, everybody was just really great through this whole thing.
1:21.0	I was in, I don't know if the word is impressed or what the word is
1:26.0	but the amount of fire power that we had and all the tanks and all of that that was
1:30.6	a little interesting to learn but but you know I've got to tell you that
1:35.1	the city did an amazing job the government of this city the people of the city I'm
1:40.1	just so damn proud of this city but we're getting back to normal here.
1:45.0	So not only is the city getting back to normal but this podcast is also now getting back to normal.
1:50.0	So this podcast is going to be all about Congress.
1:54.0	Now I know there are a bunch of people turning into this show that have never really listened to it before.
2:00.0	And so I just want to take a second to welcome you guys and give you a quick explanation of what this show is.
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