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Let's talk about Congress.

It's the number one tourist destination for people trying to hang Mike Pence.

Now, you may not know this, but most members of Congress are forced to scrape by on a

measly $200,000 a year salary, which when you think about it is barely enough to afford

a good prostitute.

So naturally, they need to supplement their income by investing in the stock market.

It's a natural thing.

But if you can believe it, there's now a new movement in Congress to stop members from

trading stocks altogether.

It's rare these days for this divided Congress to agree on absolutely anything, but there

may be one issue.

It has the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kevin McCarthy on the same side.

They're both among members of Congress pushing for new restrictions on how lawmakers trade

stocks.

Democratic Senator John Oswald just released a bill tonight that would force lawmakers

to put their assets into a blind trust or pay a fine of their entire salary.

GOP Senator Josh Hawley is working on a version two, and in the House, there's already a bipartisan

bill called the Trust in Congress Act.

This comes only a few weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubled down on members

right to invest in the stock market.

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