{"id":11638,"date":"2025-04-29T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:42:32","slug":"sen-josh-hawley-introduces-pelosi-act-to-stop-insider-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/sen-josh-hawley-introduces-pelosi-act-to-stop-insider-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces PELOSI Act to Stop Insider Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is theatrics, as these politicians still work for the OCGFC, Owners and Controllers of Global Financialized Capital, and they&#8217;ll still get the inside track on enriching themselves if they are useful. Though, it&#8217;s hilarious they&#8217;re calling it the Pelosi Act. And lets remember that Nancy Pelosi is related to the Newsoms by marriage and whose father was a mob drug trafficker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CaliforniaPolitics.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Lawmakers would still be able to invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds, diversified mutual funds or exchange-traded funds while in office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2025\/04\/29\/sen-josh-hawley-introduces-pelosi-act-to-stop-insider-trading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2025\/04\/29\/sen-josh-hawley-introduces-pelosi-act-to-stop-insider-trading\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_ae6bd7fa-113a-4be3-be00-a63c85a3462f\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By AG Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11640\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32.png 435w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has reintroduced the \u201cPreventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments\u201d (PELOSI) Act that would prohibit members of Congress and their families from trading stocks while in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of the act is a direct nod in the direction of 20 term Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) whose net worth has soared from $160,000 when she was first elected in 1987 to more than $140 million in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The bill to ban congressional stock trading is entitled the PELOSI Act, or \u201cPreventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually don\u2019t like cute names for pieces of legislation, but this one hit the nail on the head. Bravo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pass it!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pN8nicKJRx\">pic.twitter.com\/pN8nicKJRx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1917015657910309298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Pelosi\u2019s husband Paul, who narrowly survived a hammer attack 2022, is an investor who has made significant financial gains on stock trades that some speculate may have been based on insider information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawley first introduced the PELOSI Act in 2023 but it failed to gain traction under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the proposal has gained support on both sides of the congressional aisle and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawley-reignites-pelosi-act-push-ban-lawmakers-from-trading-stocks\">Fox News reports<\/a> that President Trump has said he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d sign the ban if it arrives on his desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawley has been a consistent critic of members of Congress being more focused on day-trading than they are on representing their constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Hawley said, \u201cAmericans have seen politician after politician turn a profit using information not available to the general public. It\u2019s time we ban all members of Congress from trading and holding stocks and restore Americans\u2019 trust in our nation\u2019s legislative body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PELOSI Act would prohibit lawmakers and their spouses from purchasing, selling or holding stocks during the time that the lawmaker is in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers would still be able to invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds, diversified mutual funds or exchange-traded funds while in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should the PELOSI Act be signed into law, current members of Congress would have 180 days to comply with newly elected members being required to comply with in 180 days of entering office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers who violate the act would be required to hand over their profits to the U.S. Treasury Department and could also face fines of up to 10% on each transaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is theatrics, as these politicians still work for the OCGFC, Owners and Controllers of Global Financialized Capital, and they&#8217;ll still get the inside track on enriching themselves if they are useful. Though, it&#8217;s hilarious they&#8217;re calling it the Pelosi Act. And lets remember that Nancy Pelosi is related to the Newsoms by marriage and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11641,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions\/11641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}