STOCK act signed into law
...D-Fairport, broke her leg Monday in a fall while attending an event honoring women leaders in New York. That meant the STOCK Act's leading champion, the lawmaker who first introduced the bill, could not be at the White House to witness the bill being signed...info
Stock Act: Penalty Does NOT Fit the Crime
...to bump up the recommended sentences for crimes like insider trading. About time and long overdue. With the passage of the STOCK Act outlawing insider trading atop Capitol Hill and the newly enhanced sentencing guidelines for this heinous behavior, which Congressman...info
Obama signs Stock Act into law
...to collect information about bills that will affect the stock market to register as lobbyists," Bowie says. Instead, the Stock Act merely requires a government study, due within one year, of so-called political intelligence companies that sell such information...info
STOCK Act Fact Sheet
...set of rules, including those who have been elected to serve the American people. Today, the President signed into law the STOCK Act, a bipartisan bill that prevents Members of Congress from trading stocks based on nonpublic information they gleaned on Capitol...info
STOCK Act becomes law
...that would prevent them from using that information to score unfair profits in the stock market. John Wonderlich says the STOCK Act changes that. He’s with the Sunlight Foundation, which advocates for government transparency. John Wonderlich: They’re always...info
STOCK Act to be Signed Today
...closely to be sure that the provisions are implemented strongly. And we'll also be pushing for stronger reforms. The STOCK Act was just one vehicle for ethics and transparency reform in Congress, and a response to a particularly objectionable idea -- representatives...info
Government Reform Groups Count STOCK Act as Small Victory
...Sloan, along with other representatives of reform groups, attended the bill signing. The Senate-passed version of the STOCK Act included an amendment requiring insiders who collect political intelligence and sell it to corporate America to register under lobbying...info
Broken leg keeps Slaughter from STOCK Act signing
...on April 16,†her office said. “She is very disappointed that she’ll be unable to attend the signing ceremony for the STOCK Act, the groundbreaking congressional ethics reform legislation that she authored and fought for over the past six years.†In addition...info
Lawmakers gather for signing of STOCK Act
...Obama greets a group including Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., after he signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, Wednesday, in Washington. WASHINGTON - Bill-signing ceremonies are pretty rare events in these times of gridlock and congressional...info
Obama signs STOCK Act into law
...bill initially passed by the Senate,†Executive Director Melanie Sloan said in a statement. Both Obama and Walz said the STOCK Act was only one stop toward strengthening ethics laws on Capitol Hill. Obama said lawmakers should be banned from owning stock in...info