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Republicans targeted a bill to restrict members of Congress stock trades

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MarketWatch reports that Republicans sought to restrict people in Congress from trading stocks, but the effort ran into problems that raised concerns about how the bill would work.

According to MarketWatch, there are two possible explanations for what went wrong, and both are described as unfavorable.

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MarketWatchRepublicans sabotaged their own bill to prevent people in Congress from trading stocks. Why?
MarketWatchRepublicans sabotaged their own bill to prevent people in Congress from trading stocks. Why?

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