It appears something is happening in the endless, grinding effort to amend the Alaska#39;s Clear and Equitable Share oil tax abomination. Or not.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.