One of the biggest battles during the Joe Biden years was the fight to stop environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies from affecting investing. In March 2023, the Senate voted to kill Biden’s ESG investing rules in the closest thing to a bipartisan vote, but Biden vetoed the legislation.
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But one senator who voted to keep the ESG rules in place did so knowing that it would protect his wife’s investments. That, of course, is a conflict of interest, and the senator was Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.)
Senate Rule 37.4 reads:
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No Member, officer, or employee shall knowingly use his or her official position to introduce or aid the progress or passage of legislation, a principal purpose of which is to further the official’s or
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