The STOCK Act

[Red Arrow]

I meant wrong year.

Anyway, I can't find the amendment you listed pertaining to the Stock Act.  Are there specifics available?

All I can say for now is

Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.

[Conan71]

Where are you guys finding this?

I've looked at many congressional sites and there's no mention of the amendment.

T, it's right there in black and white

[Townsend]

So is there a listed tax increase sponsored by Reid attached to the Stock Act that I can see or is it all hidden?

[Conan71]

So is there a listed tax increase sponsored by Reid attached to the Stock Act that I can see or is it all hidden?

Must be a browser setting issue.

[Townsend]

Just checking.

[Red Arrow]

So is there a listed tax increase sponsored by Reid attached to the Stock Act that I can see or is it all hidden?

Are you on a PC or a Mac?

[Townsend]

Are you on a PC or a Mac?

I have enough of an answer.

[Gaspar]

Several Senators led by McCain have added an amendment banning bonuses to Fanny and Freddy employees.  They are also attaching the Earmark Elimination Act of 2011 (now to be called "2012").

Tom Coburn has attached an amendment preventing the funding of duplicate/overlapping government programs.  He is also attaching an amendment requiring that all legislation be available for review 72 hours before a vote on the floor (to avoid another Obamacare pile).  Coburn is adding yet another amendment calling for the "Permanent Prohibition on Congressional Earmarks.  

That's how it stands so far.  I don't see that Reid has attached his pile yet, and I am hopeful that it's not forthcoming.

[Townsend]

I think Shortey's trying to get them to add in something about buying and selling dead fetus as a dietary supplement.

[Gaspar]

Coburn is going to make this thing un-passable.  I doubt Reid and his peeps will stand for the elimination of earmarks or anything to limit Fanny and Freddy. 

[Townsend]

I hear they're anti-dead baby.

[Gaspar]

Not a pile yet, though Barbra Boxer tried a funny trick.

New amendments:
Sen Thune offers an amendment for Catholic school recognition day. 

Sen DeMint offers an amendment establishing term limits for members of congress. 

Sen Boxer offers an amendment that exempts "spouses" of Congress men and women. She tries to burry this by making reference to definition made in section 109 (12) of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act.  Of course this is an eye-roller.

Sen Paul offers an amendment that eliminates all "credit for service" for any congress member who becomes a lobbyist.

Sen Shelby offers an amendment to extend the powers of the Ethics in Government act of 1978 to include the secondary individuals (spouses, employees and others specified in the bill).

Sen Tester offers an amendment that would exempt the trade of certain securities involved in the formation of small companies.  This exemption would be limited to $50,000,000. Basically part of his Small Company Capital Formation Act.  This would allow members of Congress to participate in new business formation ventures and be exempt from reporting. Another eye roller.

Sen Grassley offers an amendment requiring the disclosure of lobbying activities and/or "political intelligence activities" and consultants.

Sen Heller offers an amendment that requires the passage of a timely budget in order for members of congress to get paid "No Budget, No Pay" 

Sen Brown offers an amendment requiring members of congress to act in the people's interest before acting on their own behalf. "Putting The People First Act of 2012."

Sen Leahy offers an amendment adding the "Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act of 2012" which in lots of pages increases the lengths of penalties under the US code section 18.

Sen Paul offers an amendment that requires certification by members of congress to the effect that they are required to state in every disclosure "I hereby certify that the financial transactions reflected in this disclosure form were not made on the basis of material, non-public information."

Sen Corker offers an amendment making it unlawful for the Federal Government to reduce the principal of any mortgage or provide bailouts to reckless borrowers. 

Sen Paul offers an amendment extending this law to cover all members of the executive branch.

Sen Wyden offers an amendment that extends the law to any "nonmilitary appointee of the President" and establishes an online database for publication of the data.

So far, no tax increases, turtle tunnels, or solar bicycles.

[Conan71]

Somebody put a flea collar on that bill!

[Gaspar]

Somebody put a flea collar on that bill!

These are all relatively clean amendments.  I think we will probably see this bill passed very soon.

Boxer's amendments are always worth a laugh. They remind me of my Father-in-law's scavenger hunts. She references a paragraph in another law, and when you look it up, it references another paragraph, and this goes on until you finally find the simple sentence or word that she is wanting to insert.  

She's a hoot!

[Red Arrow]

These are all relatively clean amendments.  I think we will probably see this bill passed very soon.

Nah, it will take a few weeks to get it up to 2000 pages so no one will read it before voting on it.

Wasn't this supposed to be about stopping insider trading by congress?