Washington (AP) – Senator Josh Hawley I’m brushing President Donald Trump After the Republican proposal, name him as a “second tier” senator Stock trading is prohibited It has been won bipartisan approval by members of Congress, as well as the President and Vice President, to move forward in the committee’s vote.
A Missouri Republican told Fox News late Wednesday that he was “not the worst” he’d ever called.
The misconception is that Trump must sell his Mar-a-Lago private club and other assets, Holy said.
“Not at all,” Holy told “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
That was Second time On many days when Trump took office as Senator in his party, the president, sometimes unsuccessful, tried to publicly pressure them to queue. Previously, Trump was torn apart by a veteran Iowa GOP Senator Chuck Grassley About the ambiguous Senate proceedings regarding the nomination.
In a social media post, Trump called Holy the “second tier senator,” who played Democrats.
Trump added: “A real Republican would not want to meet an unprecedented success president due to the “whims” of a second senator named Josh Hawley! ”
Stock trading bans will win support
There are stock transactions by members of the council It’s been a problem for a long time The parties attempted to tackle the efforts, particularly as elected officials became wealthy while in their elected offices. In particular, it was revealed that lawmakers traded information on health crisis before they were made public during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Insider Trading Act does not always apply to the type of information lawmakers receive.
Holy’s law with Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, the panel’s top Democrat, has sailed from the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
The GOP Senator was working with the White House on the Stock Trade Bill, but some supported the broad sculpture to remove the president from the ban, but that failed, and Holy joined Democrats to block it.
Trump also accused Holy of working with Democrats to block another amendment that investigated the stock trade. Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosispeaker Emelita and her spouse. Paul Pelosi was a highly viewed trader, but the California State Assembly office said she does not own the stock personally.
Holy said after his conversation with Trump, the president “want to see a ban on stock trading by people like Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress.” The senator also suggested that Democratic leaders should be prosecuted, but it is not clear what basis there is.
Pelosi supports the Holy bill
Pelosi has repeatedly said that she is not involved in her husband’s investment work, and is strongly supportive of the bill and looks forward to voting at home.
“The American people deserve the confidence that their elected leaders serve the public interest, not their personal portfolios,” she said.
In a joint statement, Holy and Peters said the law, known as Honest Act, was built on the basis of previous bills and would prohibit members of Congress, the president, vice president and spouses from holding and selling shares. Previous proposals from Holy, named after Pelosi, had a narrower focus on lawmakers.
If the bill becomes law, it will immediately prohibit elected officials, including the president, from purchasing shares, and prohibit the sale of shares for 90 days after its enactment. Also, elected officials require that they sell from all eligible investments, but they require that the president be protected from that requirement until the beginning of his next term of office.
“Today, we have the opportunity here for decades to do what the public wants to do,” Holy told the panel. “And that’s to ban the profits of information that only Congress members have, frankly, only members of Congress have on the buying and selling of shares.”
Tensions erupted as Republicans sought other approaches during the committee hearing.
Republicans have not exempt Trump from banning stock trading
Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott proposed an amendment that exempts the law from the president, vice president, spouse and dependent children. Both were defeated and Holy joined the Democrats.
“We’re one step closer to passing this bill to the law and ultimately going a step closer to banning bad actors from using their position for their financial interests,” Peters said in a statement.
One Republican, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, said the overall bill was “legislative demagogully.”
“We have insider trading laws. We have financial disclosures. Trust me, we have financial disclosures,” Johnson said. “So I haven’t seen the need for this.”
Trump’s personal attack made GOP’s Grassley “ridden”
Trump’s post criticizing Holy comes after a similar blow directed at Grassley on Tuesday night.
In that post, Trump pressured Grassley to abolish the Senate’s longtime “blue slip” habit. The practice requires both senators in the state to agree to move candidates forward for the vote. Trump told Grassley to abolish practice.
“Senator Grassley has to step up,” Trump argued that he helped the 1980 senator win reelection.
Grassley said Wednesday that he was “offended” by what the president said.
