Ethics Reform Rollback

Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements

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President Obama signed legislation that gutted key provisions of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, just one year after the law was passed with great fanfare to combat congressional insider trading. The amendment eliminated the requirement for creating a searchable, sortable …

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