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60 Minutes: “Washington’s Open Secret: Profitable PACs”
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NYT: “Special PACs Spent Money at Resorts, Book Says”
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CBS: “DC Politics About Influence and Extortion, Author Says”
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: “Insider House Rules”
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BBC: ” How US Congressmen Play the Markets”
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NPR: Diane Rehm: “Insider Trading on Capitol Hill”
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WSJ: “Congressional Insider Trading: The Story Sticks”
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Newsweek Magazine: “The Wonk Who Slays Washington”
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NBC: “Book Exposes Capitol Hill Insider Trading”
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Forbes: “Wall Street, Political Insiders Quake In Their Guccis About Coming Expose”
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60 Minutes: Congress: Trading Stock on Insider Information? (November 2011)
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FOX News: Schweizer: “Dump STOCK, go with RESTRICT Act to clean up DC”
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USA Today on STOCK Act: “Congress backpedals on ethics”
“… The latest example is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which explicitly bars lawmakers and staffers from spreading or trading on inside information. The law passed in 2012 only after CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a scathing report, based on a book by Peter Schweizer, exposing the way members of Congress profit from their lawmaking…” To […]
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GAI President Peter Schweizer Talks Herbalife with Bill Ackman
Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer on concerns hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has a political lobby against Herbalife
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Peter Schweizer Discusses ‘Extortion’ on the Diane Rehm Show
On December 4th, 2013 Peter Schweizer discusses his new book ‘Extortion’ with Diane Rehm during an interview on her show on NPR. Excerpt: “In recent years, money from special interest groups has flooded Washington. Many say it’s the root of our political dysfunction. But maybe conventional wisdom is wrong. Perhaps the problem lies not with […]
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Huffington Post: “Next Time, Read the Bill!”
“… Last year fewer than 60 bills emerged from Congress. (Some people might find this number too high.) What else are members doing with their time? Stupid me: dumb question! They are too busy raising money for their next political campaign. Or, if you follow the bipartisan examples cited in Peter Schweizer’s excellent book, Extortion: […]