In talking with people, one of the most bipartisan issues people support involves some sort of ban on stock trading by government officials. This week, supporters of good government got some good news as the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. But powerful forces in Washington DC are poised to block this reform. It won’t pass without you.
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