[mehrdadn]

Then why can't SEC have the authority to deal with congresspeople too, though?

[brianwawok]

Because obviously the congresspeople don’t want to pass such a law

[mehrdadn]

I mean isn't that a problem with the original proposal too?

[mike_d]

> why can't SEC have the authority to deal with congresspeople too

Because congress wrote the law.

[mehrdadn]

But they somehow wrote the original proposal?