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The Motley Fool December 7, 2011 Rich Smith	Support Your Local "Sheriff" ... in Supporting the STOCK Act Over a year ago, only a bare half-dozen congressmen were on record supporting a law that would ban insider trading on Capitol Hill.
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The Motley Fool November 23, 2011 Rich Smith	Why Congress Can't Stop Stealing: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Shares All investors are equal, but some are more equal than others -- and they like it that way. Sitting U.S. senators beat the market by an average of 12 percentage points per year.
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The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Rich Smith	Congresswoman Tackles an Ethical Dilemma About a week ago, I wrote a few words here on the subject of "insider trading" in Congress. Was someone reading my mind?
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Selena Maranjian	March on Washington! Become a politician or CEO and retire in style. Here's another option: Take some time to plan and save for your retirement.
Geotimes May 2006 Steven Quane	The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case.
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Geotimes April 2004 Kendy & Vranes	Breaking Down the Barriers: A Two-Part Series, Part 1 Although it is a tired cliche, knowledge is power, and nowhere is that more true than in legislative politics. Your members of Congress cannot do their jobs without citizens' input. In other words, they need to be lobbied.
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InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law: Why Tech Doesn't Get It A national disclosure law is gaining steam but tech appears only steamed.
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BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Paula Dwyer	Mutual Funds: Carpe Diem, Congress The SEC can't restructure the industry by itself, and legislators are dawdling
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Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2003 Will Leitch	Senate Committee Hears Testimony about Fund Industry Each day seems to bring more news from the mutual fund industry. And industry reform is in the air. The climate is such that on Capitol Hill today even the mutual fund industry's lobbying group had to eat some crow.
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InternetNews November 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Top Turkeys of The 2006 Legislative Season As Congress departs for the Thanksgiving holidays, it's time for the first annual Legislative Turkey awards.
National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill	Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts.
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Paul Barrett	A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste This should have been the year of radical financial reform.
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The Motley Fool February 23, 2009 Liz Peek	Optimists and Pessimists Might Bet Against Treasuries In the midst of recent market developments, one of the many imponderables facing investors today is the outlook for government bonds, which many analysts consider overvalued.
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IndustryWeek October 20, 2010	The Competitive Edge: Lame Ducks and the Economy A host of tax, budget and regulatory issues will still be on the table when Congress reconvenes after the November election. Will the two parties be able to put aside their differences and act?
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