The Washington Inquisitor
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Stock trading ban stalls in Senate as lame-duck clock runs toward Jan. 3
The House-passed Stop Insider Trading Act fell seven votes short of cloture in the Senate on Sept. 30 and remains on the calendar. Five other ban bills are pending, and all die…
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Issa reports a Treasury note trade worth $5 million to $25 million as five other House members file new trades
Six new House trade reports were filed Oct. 19–22. The largest, from Rep. Darrell Issa, shows a Treasury note bought and sold within a week, each trade valued between $5,000,001 and $25,000,000.
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Top 25 congressional leadership PACs gave $27.3 million to other committees this cycle, FEC data show
Clark, Emmer, Hoyer and Scalise lead an Inquisitor Data ranking of member-sponsored leadership PACs; pre-general reports show $403,500 in contributions from 11 of them in the first two weeks of October.
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House bills would revoke Treasury license allowing Russian diesel imports
Bills from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Rep. Gregory Meeks would nullify General License 135, which the administration issued Oct. 9 to add Russian diesel to a market where prices have set records.
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Outside groups reported $383 million in large independent expenditures in first nine days of final stretch
An Inquisitor analysis of FEC 24-hour reports finds $241.5 million of the Oct. 15–23 spending went to Senate races, led by Texas, Ohio and Michigan, with $141.4 million in House contests.