Sen. Sherrod Brown has sold his stocks, and wants colleagues to sell, too

[OhioChick]

Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 4:23 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote this week on a bill that would expressly prohibit lawmakers and their staffs from using "nonpublic information," gained through their official duties, for their personal benefit.

It would end what lawmakers say is confusion about when and whether existing insider-trading laws apply to them.

Can well-educated (and wealthy, for the most part) leaders really be confused about right, wrong and breaking the law?

Well, considering that Congress is even considering this, Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says the Senate should go a step further. Brown and Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley are pushing an amendment to prohibit senators from even owning individual stocks.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/02/sen_sherrod_brown_has_sold_his.html

[monmouth]

1. What would stop them from having their spouses and other interested parties from investing?

They are privvy to all sorts of information and I trust none of them..

[GoCubsGo]

2. I like Senators who put their money where their mouths are. n/t

[limpyhobbler]

3. great idea. proud to support Sherrod Brown. we need more like him for sure. nt

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. I like Sherrod Brown, he appears to be one of the few senators/congressman that gets it.. n/t

[ProSense]

5. Senator Brown's amendment failed 26 to 73

Roll call

YEAs ---26
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Franken (D-MN)
Heller (R-NV)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Levin (D-MI)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)