Posted on 04/01/2024 7:53:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Sen. John Ossoff (D-Ga.) – who famously ripped his Republican opponent David Perdue as a "crook" over his personal stock trades during his successful bid for the Senate in 2020 – has portrayed himself as a champion of the movement to ban congressional stock trading.
The Georgia Democrat co-sponsors a bill that would ban members of Congress their spouses or children from trading stocks while in office and require them to place pre-existing assets into a blind trust – or divest them entirely...
The issue is getting a fresh spotlight as advocates push for Congressional leadership to reintroduce the Open App Markets Act and the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) – two long-stalled bipartisan bills would impose add new restrictions on how Apple and Google operate their controversial app stores.
Both bills advanced out of committee in 2022, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer never brought them up for a full floor vote.
...When reached for comment, an Ossoff spokesperson... called criticism "laughable" given his public support for reform... "Sen. Ossoff is one of just six senators who has put his stocks in a qualified blind trust, which the Senate Ethics Committee calls 'the most comprehensive approach' to 'eliminate conflicts of interests.'"
...Congress has faced growing calls to implement a stock trading ban in recent years amid revelations of massive personal stock trading windfalls for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Boldface added.
Sidebar: the proposed/rejected 'reforms' are all about gov't control.
Schumer and Pelosi are the buttplugs, but the entire Demagogic Party is corrupt, including this clown.
BUMP
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.