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CNN: Cantor’s office wrote loophole into insider trading bill

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), appearing on the Fox News Channel. Photo: Screenshot via FoxNews.com.

CNN is reporting that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) office wrote a loophole into the House version of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK) exempting Congress members’ spouses and children from having to report stock market transactions over $1,000 in a timely manner. The Senate version of…

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Watchdog group calls for federal investigation of Romney’s financial disclosure

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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has called on the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to refer Mitt Romney to the Department of Justice for having filled an inaccurate campaign disclosure form last year. In a letter (pdf) sent on Friday to the acting director of the OGE, the…

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