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Brown seeks insider-trading rules for Congress

By Bobby Caina Calvan

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 15, 2011

Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts introduced legislation today that would bar congressional employees from using inside knowledge that could help fatten their investment portfolios. According to Brown’s office, Congress and the Supreme Court are the only two federal institutions that don’t prohibit their employees from using information they obtain from their jobs to guide their investment decisions.

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