Politics News Alert: House passes scaled-back insider trading bill

	Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:50:38 AM POLITICS NEWS ALERT House passes scaled-back insider trading bill The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved its scaled-back version of an ethics reform package that would prohibit insider trading on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch. On a 417 to 2 vote, the legislation won approval despite complaints from senators and House Democrats that GOP leaders stripped the measure of several key reforms that the Senate had easily approved. Despite those concerns, lawmakers agreed the best step was to approve this version and head to a House-Senate conference to hash out the differences between the two bills. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ethics-reform-bill-to-ban-insider-trading-by-congress-members-executive-branch-passed-by-house/2012/02/09/gIQAV3MS1Q_story.html Or visit PostPolitics.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy