Washington (AP). On Wednesday, an unusual alliance appeared in the palace as legislators who agree on little, and have accumulated support for the draft law that would ban members of the congress and their families to have and trade in individual campaigns.
The group had extreme right, left, moderator and many between them. They gathered to encourage insurance that is well interviewed by voters and seems to be a new acceleration after getting stuck in the previous Congress sessions.
“Not every day you see the characters here,” said Brian Fitzpatrick, a moderate Republican representing a multi -year Pennsylvania Swing District. “You all smile there. It’s a good thing. It means the power of this reason.”
Congress has discussed proposals for many years that lawmakers would not be able to trade in separate shares, nodding that there may be a conflict of interest when they often make information and decisions that can dramatically move markets.
The Senate Committee approved the GOP elder Josh Hawley from the Missouri legislation, which would also extend the ban on trade insurance for future presidents and vice presidents, especially by dismissing Republican President Donald Trump. The palace bill of the palace was limited to Congress this week, but the supporters said they were open to the executive to expand it if enough support came.
Under applicable laws, federal lawmakers must disclose their shares and procurement. The draft law, which requires the disclosure of the Law on Share, was signed by law in 2012. At that time, legislators and government guards predicted that public disclosure would be ashamed of the legislators to actively buy and sell shares. It did not happen.
Supporters said they had combined their individual accounts for insurance shares and faced one bilateral effort. The main sponsor of the bill rep. Chipo Roy from Texas said the group had met in the last few months, and some supporters actually worked for many years. About a dozen legislators of both countries joined the Roy stage. It was an unusually festive moment because the partisan line Congress was rarely sharper.
“I disagree with some of these people for nothing,” said the Republican rep. Tim Burchett, often matched with the Freedom Mask for Ultra-Conservative Home.
Progressive representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, dn.y. Burchett followed the podium and struck a fist when I did it. She said she felt how the coalition showed how the congress should actually work. “It feels stranger, feels alien and like what’s going on here?” she said.