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News Alert: Lawmakers trade in stocks they could impact through legislation

   
The Washington PostSaturday, June 23, 2012 11:26:26 PM
NEWS ALERT

Lawmakers trade in stocks they could impact through legislation


EXCLUSIVE | One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules, a Washington Post analysis has found.


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