It says a lot that Republicans were pretending to trade blatant corruption for a chance to introduce voter suppression in the midterms

Just like with the Russian sanctions bill, the Republicans intentionally pass legislation on issues they are opposed to by poison-pilling it with mile-wide loopholes to make it look to their base that Democrats are the bigger problem.

Bills being bundled with other bills need to be outlawed

“All in favor of the amended Springfield/pervert bill?”

Good thing they actually read it first.

Why can't they do insider trade the old fashion way, and have their husbands do the trading instead?
No, I didn't stutter.

They should be forced to cash out their stocks and at most have US only stocks in their portfolio which includes where they manufacture products.

The poison pill was so they either get voter id or they get to say look thuh dems blocked trade restrictions

Either way something to sell on faux news entertainment network

Republicans, famously opposed to corrupt grifting such as insider trading…

lol

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 portfolios and was bundled with voter ID rules they called a “poison pill”.

The bill would bar members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from buying individual stocks. Democrats said that falls short of a ban because lawmakers could keep everything they already own, reinvest dividends into more shares and let a spouse or child trade on their behalf.

Several also wanted the rules extended to the president and other White House officials, while others objected to the photo ID requirements for voting, which they said would make it harder for eligible citizens to cast ballots.

This is how you act like you care about an issue very publicly, while ensuring the idea dies. Unrelated poison pills in things people want.

It also gives you ammunition against your opponent going against something that looks fine on the surface.