Citizen watchdogs eye Congress' 'killing it' approach to stock trading - eviltoast

Lawmakers could vote for infrastructure bill, then buy stock in a concrete firm.

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    1 year ago

    When it comes to making people’s lives better, Democrats did more last year alone then Republicans have in the last twenty years put together.

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      I agree with you. But it’s important to still point out and want to fix problems even in the “better party.” We can’t simply be accepting of “be less bad.” We need to always strive to improve. And weakening the connections between Wall Street and Washington is a big progressive goal that the old guard of Democrats have directly opposed.

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        1 year ago

        Just the top three from last year:

        • prescription drug price controls, including insulin copay capped @ $35/month
        • health care subsidy for 13 million lower income Americans
        • 100K jobs in clean energy