Senate Minority Leader Charles. E. Schumer, seen in the Capitol on Tuesday, called the bill "ineffective" at addressing concerns over lawmaker stock trades. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
All Senate Democrats lined up against a bill restricting members of Congress from buying and selling stocks, utilizing the 60-vote filibuster to block the measure from becoming law. In a 53-47 vote, Democrats rejected the bill as a partisan piece of legislation due to the addition of a voter ID requ…
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill to restrict lawmaker stock trading over objections to new voter ID requirements that Republicans added to the legislation. The party-line vote was 53 to 47.
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill to restrict lawmaker stock trading over objections to new voter ID requirements that Republicans added to the legislation. The party-line vote was 53 to 47.
Legislation aiming to ban members of Congress from insider trading failed to meet the necessary 60-vote threshold Wednesday after Democrats voted against it. The Stop Insider Trading […]
A Republican-led effort to approve a House-passed stock trading bill fell short in the Senate, with Democrats saying the restrictions don't go far enough and pushing back against a voter ID provision.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill sponsored by vulnerable GOP incumbent Pete Ricketts (Neb.) to restrict members of Congress from buying new stocks of publicly traded companies, arguing the legislation didn’t go far enough to crack down on possible corruption.
The Senate failed to advance a bill that would block lawmakers from trading stocks while in office as Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of sneaking in unrelated provisions to limit mail-in voting.
A bill to stop insider trading failed to advance in the Senate on Wednesday, with all Democrats voting against it and all Republicans voting for it. The bill failed 53 to 47 along party lines. The bill, which originated in the House and was sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.
Democrats block measure they say didn’t go far enough – and was bundled with ‘poison pill’ voter ID rules The US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress, after Democrats refused to advance a measure they said would let lawmakers keep their portf…
In the least surprising development of all time, Senate Democrats decided to vote along party lines to block a House-passed bill that would have limited stock trading by members of Congress.
