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We successfully passed the pure food and drug act!  I haven’t (as far as I know) ever had to eat beef fat labeled as butter! Things CAN improve
I am baffled that this hasn’t been banned for almost a century. It’s so obvious that this allows for dark money to be handed over and promises made to drip secrets to benefit investments.
The fact that this will not pass is proof enough for me. >

How do you think Pelosi made money? No chance. >

I know it’s how many of them made money. I am baffled how the stock market crash of 1929 didn’t carry with it new rules for Congress. >

Because Congress would've been responsible for making the new rules. They weren't about to limit their cash flow, even back then. >

“We’ve investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.” >

It's amazing that's it's 2023 and we are just now discussing a potential ban on insider (Congress knows all bills affecting every business) trading.  This group of bandits just keeps raping and pillaging the American people. >

Stock act of 2012.. >

Which no one is following. Hence the renewed interest and public Congressional hearings from early 2022 in the wake of pandemic plundering and obvious insider trading. >

They are following it, its just that the penalties for violations are laughably tiny.  $200 if you fail to report a trade.  And that usually gets waived. >

Right, but there are many members of Congress who are not reporting trades which prompted public hearings in early 2022  (in the wake of all the trade scandals to come out of the pandemic).  So if members of Congress aren't reporting trades, or reporting months/years late - (as the committee hearings acknowledged) I would argue that they aren't following the rules. 
And yeah, if you're a member of Congress and make millions or save save millions based on non-public information, 200 dollars has as much value as 2 dollars for an average American middle income household.  It's a fine that is well worth paying if you even have to.
This self-regulating bill that has been on the books since 2012 and is largely ignored was designed to have no teeth. It doesn't help that Speaker McCarthy's first act was to gut the House's ability to conduct ethics investigations. >

To all the cynics, just STOP. 
This CAN be a good thing. A ban on insider trading getting traction means people's minds might be changing. Whether it's because they've dried the well, or our of genuine goodness, doesn't matter. Progress CAN happen. 
How long were women not allowed to vote? How long were POC afforded the same rights as your car? Shit can change. If you can't be hopeful, atleast don't try to ruin life for the rest of us