atta boy congress - line them pockets

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Stock Trades Reported by Nearly a Fifth of Congress Show Possible Conflicts

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There were three Dem politicians on the list from our state.

Angie Craig is the US Rep from a swing suburban district here who divested herself of all individual stocks when elected. She supports/advocates for requiring all congresspeople to do the same. Her adult college-age son traded Lyft and Ford stock without her knowledge with money he got (inherited?) from grandpa. He lost money on both. (D’oh!)

Dean Phillips is a rich guy from a family dynasty of cheap vodka makers whose now a US rep from upstate. He set up a blind trust when he got elected so he has no input into or knowledge of what his financial managers invest in. He has pushed to require all congresspeople to do the same.

The closest to impropriety is Senator Tina Smith, whose husband sold stock in two insulin makers while she was trying to make insulin cheaper. She says she didn’t know about it, and leaves investment to her husband.

Senator Smith is the largely invisible replacement for Al Franken when he got thrown under the bus without the benefit of actually, y’know, any investigation of alleged improprieties while the Orange Menace was bragging about all the p******s he’d grabbed.

But you may recall how I feel about that episode.