The Growing Conflict-of-Interest Problem in the U.S. Congress
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
As of the most recent data (2014 from the Senate and 2016 from the House), over half of Congress owns stock , many with holdings in excess of $100,000 in stocks alone, not to mention mutual funds and other forms of investments. While roughly 20% of lawmakers owned stock in 2001, that number had more than doubled by 2013.
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