What Next - Congress Can't Quit the Stock Market
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🗓️ 5 October 2022
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Summary
A bipartisan effort to prevent members of Congress from trading stock while in office is wildly popular. But so far, no such bill has gained much traction on Capitol Hill. Why?
Guest: Sam Brodey, congressional reporter for The Daily Beast.
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| 0:36.0 | So Sam, if I wanted to, how easy is it to figure out what kind of stocks |
| 0:40.7 | US politicians are trading? |
| 0:42.5 | Oh, it's very easy. |
| 0:43.8 | Really? |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.3 | Do you know every time Nancy Pelosi trades something? |
| 0:53.0 | I could if I wanted to. |
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