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		<title>Senate OKs insider trading curbs on lawmakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved new curbs aimed at preventing lawmakers from trading shares based on inside information, but also extended the bill#39;s disclosure requirements to more than 300,000 other federal employees. The Senate voted 96-3 to pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which would require members of Congress to file electronic ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved new curbs aimed at preventing lawmakers from trading shares based on inside information, but also extended the bill#39;s disclosure requirements to more than 300,000 other federal employees. The Senate voted 96-3 to pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which would require members of Congress to file electronic ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate Realizes It Can&#8217;t Not Pass Insider Trading Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and those in the White House (as requested by President Barack Obama), and now it#39;ll go to the House of Representatives, which is reportedly quot;wasting no timequot; in addressing it. After a bit of initial resistance in both chambers of Congress, it looks like Republicans and Democrats have come around to the notion that ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and those in the White House (as requested by President Barack Obama), and now it#39;ll go to the House of Representatives, which is reportedly quot;wasting no timequot; in addressing it. After a bit of initial resistance in both chambers of Congress, it looks like Republicans and Democrats have come around to the notion that ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate OKs insider-trading bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill makes clear it#39;s illegal for lawmakers, their staffs and many executive-branch employees to trade stocks based on inside information learned on the job.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The bill makes clear it#39;s illegal for lawmakers, their staffs and many executive-branch employees to trade stocks based on inside information learned on the job.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate rushes to complete insider trading ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to restore lawmakers#39; sagging image with voters, the Senate raced Thursday toward passing a bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress, top aides and senior administration officials from insider trading and require them to publicly disclose financial transactions within 30 days instead of once a year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trying to restore lawmakers#39; sagging image with voters, the Senate raced Thursday toward passing a bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress, top aides and senior administration officials from insider trading and require them to publicly disclose financial transactions within 30 days instead of once a year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate panel backs tough pressure on Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banking transactions with Iran and financing for its oil shipments could come under tougher scrutiny after a bipartisan sanctions bill easily passed a key Senate Committee on Thursday. The Senate Banking Committee passed a bill that lawmakers hope will further eat into revenues they say Tehran is using to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies seeking nuclear arms. The ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banking transactions with Iran and financing for its oil shipments could come under tougher scrutiny after a bipartisan sanctions bill easily passed a key Senate Committee on Thursday. The Senate Banking Committee passed a bill that lawmakers hope will further eat into revenues they say Tehran is using to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies seeking nuclear arms. The ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate leaders push insider-trading bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate leadership are hoping to have lawmakers begin vote on amendments Thursday to legislation seeking to curtail insider trading of securities by lawmakers, though many of the measures under consideration are controversial and could bog down final passage of the bill.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate leadership are hoping to have lawmakers begin vote on amendments Thursday to legislation seeking to curtail insider trading of securities by lawmakers, though many of the measures under consideration are controversial and could bog down final passage of the bill.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate clears way for vote on insider-trading ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate clears way for vote on insider-trading ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting of new securities transactions within 30 days, all part of an effort by Congress to boost its dismal approval ratings that are now in the teens.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some members of Congress want to include executive branch employees in a bill that would ban lawmakers from using nonpublic information to made stock trades. The bill also would require public reporting of new securities transactions within 30 days, all part of an effort by Congress to boost its dismal approval ratings that are now in the teens.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama urges overhaul in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - President Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - President Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate readies bill to stop lawmaker insider deals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent poll indicates that a majority of Americans favor dumping every member of Congress. Now, the Senate is trying to restore a measure of trust by passing legislation to ban insider trading by lawmakers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent poll indicates that a majority of Americans favor dumping every member of Congress. Now, the Senate is trying to restore a measure of trust by passing legislation to ban insider trading by lawmakers.]]></content:encoded>
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