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- Capitalizing on Capitol Hill: Informed Trading by Hedge Fund Managers http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1707181 4 comments
- Midwest farmers take trade woes, frustrations to Capitol Hill https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/midwest-farmers-take-trade-woes-frustrations-capitol-hill-n892676 19 comments politics
- Stock Trading Ban for Lawmakers Gains Momentum on Capitol Hill https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/us/politics/pelosi-stock-trading-congress.html 77 comments moderatepolitics
- Trump, Inslee trade Twitter barbs over Capitol Hill protest zone known as CHAZ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/trump-inslee-trade-twitter-barbs-over-capitol-hill-protest-zone-known-as-chaz/ 6 comments politics
- Capitol Trades - What's Trading On Capitol Hill? Search stock transactions by members of congress. https://app.capitoltrades.com/trades?page=1&pageSize=20&s=09 11 comments wallstreetbets
- Insiders are Trading --> At Least 182 Top Capitol Hill Staff Late Reporting Personal Stock Trades. https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-staff-violated-stock-act-conflicts-of-interest-possible-2021-12 17 comments wallstreetbets
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger says the Democratic party needs 'new leaders in the halls of Capitol Hill' after stock trade ban stalls again https://www.businessinsider.com/abigail-spanberger-democratic-party-new-leaders-stock-trade-ban-pelosi-2022-9 690 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren: "Why are the trade talks secret? You'll love this answer. Boy, the things you learn on Capitol Hill. I actually have had supporters of the deal say to me, 'They have to be secret, because if the American people knew what was actually in them, they would be opposed.'" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/tpp-negotiators-hit-with_b_6295402.html 1623 comments politics
- Cleaning up government can start on Capitol Hill | With insider trading so tough to prove, members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks while in office. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/28/opinion/cleaning-up-government-can-start-capitol-hill/ 35 comments politics
- Suddenly, bipartisanship has broken out on Capitol Hill. On Iran, Medicare, education and trade, Republicans and Democrats have come together to make deals, and that's something rarely seen lately. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_congress_bipartisanship?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2015-04-18-08-36-21 6 comments politics
- TPP: Skeptics Aside, Obama Steams Toward Pacific Deal. "President Barack Obama is steaming ahead to finish a Pacific trade pact with 11 other nations as early as this year, despite unfavorable winds from Japan and Capitol Hill." http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/06/20/skeptics-aside-obama-steams-toward-pacific-deal/ 8 comments politics
- The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)over possible violations of insider-trading laws. Bachus has been a frequent trader on Capitol Hill, buying stock options while overseeing the nation’s banking and financial services industries. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-bachus-faces-insider-trading-investigation/2012/02/09/giqa21ui2q_story.html 37 comments politics
- At least 72 aides on both sides of the aisle traded shares of companies that their bosses help oversee, according to an analysis of more than 3,000 disclosure forms covering trading activity by Capitol Hill staffers for 2008 and 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748703431604575522434188603198.html 4 comments economy