Ossoff to Intro Bill to Ban Members of Congress and Their Spouses From Trading Stocks
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is planning a bill to ban stock trading by federal lawmakers and their spouses, but it faces an uphill battle this year.
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Lobbyists Kept Donating to GOP Election Objectors After Companies Cut off PACs
Many Hill lobbyists opted not to follow their employers' PAC policy and donated to the 147 Republican election objectors in Congress.
Biden’s Big Pharma Pick for FDA Could Squeak Through With Help From Pharma-Funded Republicans
Four Republicans with extensive ties to the pharmaceutical industry have already said they plan to cross the aisle and support Califf's confirmation to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Leading Congressional Stock Trading Ban Bill Has Spouse Loophole
The most-cosponsored bill to ban stock trading while in office leaves a huge loophole for trading corporate stocks based on nonpublic information.
At Least 100 House Members Are Invested in Fossil Fuels
Reps among the top oil and gas investors in Congress bought more shares in pipeline companies as the House moved to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Oil Lobbyist Mary Landrieu’s Foundation Brings Together Members of Congress and Corporate Execs
Her group, which held its first event earlier this year, shares an executive director with a nonprofit funded by ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical to advocate for carbon pricing legislation.
Manchin’s PAC Raked In Corporate Donations Just Before He Axed Build Back Better
Donations came from corporations that would likely have been impacted by the bill’s proposals.
Senators Against Generic Covid-19 Vaccines Have Gotten 2x Pharma Cash
A group of Republican senators sought to block U.S. support for an IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, a proposal that is strongly opposed by the pharmaceutical industry.
Manchin’s Latest Donor Gift
The senator is opposing a Build Back Better Act provision to prohibit offshore oil drilling as his top donor prepares to dramatically increase its oil exporting business through a new offshore terminal for supertankers.
House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Make Judges’ Finances More Transparent
The bill, now stalling in the Senate, would require federal judges to report stock trades and make judges' financial disclosures available to the public online.