If people in the congressional -- in Congress say that in some ways they are morally superior and they would never abuse something or that the laws should not apply to them, well, we've got a serious problem on our hand.
Baird emphasizes the ethical issues surrounding Congress members' views on insider trading laws.
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The reality is had 20 Members of the Republican conference been killed that day... the balance of power in the House of Representatives would have changed.
I don't possibly see how a micro quorum with lack of representation from many States and many districts has more legitimacy than a temporary appointment until such time as special elections can be held.
If you don't provide some mechanism for that to happen in times of crisis... you are essentially potentially abdicating the Article I branch responsibilities.
It's clearly the intent of this legislation is to make sure the public knows if members of Congress are trading on nonpublic information and if spouses are excluded from that, you could just pass information on to your spouse or kids.
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