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by stickyricky 1619 days ago
What bills will be brought to the floor. What bills have the votes to pass. What bills do not. Access to confidential information which has not been released to the public. Etc. etc.

I'm honestly not sure what you want me to say. You're welcome to Google the issue for yourself and make a determination.

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I'm just saying if you levy a huge accusation like "she gets private insider information" then you need to back it up with factual evidence.

Passing bills, sure. But most of these impactful bills are like months in the making and everybody knows which way they are heading.

Her husband is an investor, so no doubt he writes all these options and such.

> I'm just saying if you levy a huge accusation like "she gets private insider information" then you need to back it up with factual evidence.

Nancy Pelosi's husband regularly beats the market by large margins. You can find it suspicious or not. I've given my opinion. She knows her own mind, she has access to market-moving-information prior to the public, and she likes to buy stock.

She doesn't need to receive information (though she can). She just needs to generate it (which is her job). When you are in a position to move the market, you should not be buying options.

Getting huge gains the past 2 years has not been hard. Everybody is making 20% or more a year easily.

Plus they're already rich, which means they can invest a good chunk in higher risk. Higher risk has paid dividends bigly in the past decade and especially last 2 years.

Anyway, need some proof. But I 100% agree that senators should be held to a very high standard, and would welcome strict laws that allow them only general investments in the US economy.