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House passes insider trading bill
The House passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but brushed aside a provision aimed at reining in those who pry financial information from Congress and sell it to investment firms. House bans federal lawmakers from insider trading
The House on Thursday joined the Senate in voting to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other top officials from making investments on insider information. But an effort to bridle purveyors of Capitol Hill political intelligence could delay the bill's enactment. House Republicans fast-track insider trading bill
House Republicans have rejected from a Senate measure a requirement that people who collect information from Congress for investors register like lobbyists. House ready to pass insider trading bill
The House is ready to pass a Republican bill to ban federal officials from insider trading, legislation that was heavily influenced by Wall Street firms that want to avoid new public disclosure rules. House Passes Congressional Insider Trading Bill
The House of Representatives passed legislation aiming to stop Congressional insider trading Thursday morning. It goes back to the Senate, where a Congressional committee will likely reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions. House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed new curbs on insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials despite complaints from Democrats and some Republicans that key anti-corruption provisions were dropped. The legislation, aimed at ensuring lawmakers do not profit from non-public knowledge they gain through their positions, is the most ... 'House' To End Its Run On Fox At End Of Season
"House M.D." is leaving the air at the end of the current season, it was announced on Wednesday afternoon in a joint statement from the network, show bosses and star Hugh Laurie. House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a rare display of bipartisanship on bitterly divisive spending and budget issues. The House voted 254-173, with 57 Democrats joining Republicans in favoring the bill, which allows the president to propose elimination of individual items in spending ... House passes bill banning insider trading
The House passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but brushed aside a provision aimed at reining in those who pry financial information from Congress and sell it to investment firms. House approves line-item veto for president
House Republicans put aside their usual antipathy toward President Barack Obama on Wednesday to give the president, and his successors, the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that long has been sought by presidents of both parties.
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