Did members of Congress make securities trades to profit from breach of debt limit?
If you’re trying to understand the intentions of public officials, the most revealing information often is not what they tell their colleagues or the press, but what they tell their brokers. So it is with members of Congress during the recent political and financial impasse. Here’s a story idea for Washington journalists: Take a look at the securities investments made by key members of Congress in the run-up to the deadline for raising the government’s