McCarthy Eyes Ban on Lawmakers Trading
Individual Stocks
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is considering banning lawmakers from trading individual stocks if his party wins control of the chamber in the November midterms and he becomes speaker, a person familiar with the matter said. The plan could be put into effect in the package of House rules voted on at the beginning of the next Congress. Government officials’ personal financial dealings are receiving fresh scrutiny following Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida’s announcement Monday that he will resign before his term expires amid revelations about his own stock trading on the eve of a major central bank announcement.CORRECTIONS*
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Who is this "us," Kemosabe, and what are we trying to build?
Hamas has rejected every offer for a ceasefire
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Protests erupted in the
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Ummm - - "Killer" Kevin - - does this mean that Pelosi will have to give back the hundreds of millions of dollars she's already stolen? Just asking.