Members of the Senate and their staff would be required to divest themselves of any individual stock holdings or put them in a blind trust under a bill announced by Sen. Brown. He outlined why the Putting the People's Interests First Act of 2012 would strengthen efforts -- like the "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012" or "STOCK Act" -- aimed at preventing Members of Congress from using insider trading to make money on the stock market. He has offered this bill as an amendment to the STOCK Act, legislation being debated on the Senate floor this week.
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