Politics/Economy News Alert: Senate approves insider-trading bill

	Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:06:49 PM POLITICS NEWS ALERT Senate approves insider-trading bill The Senate has given final congressional approval to a scaled-down bill to explicitly ban members of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal workers from profiting from nonpublic information learned on the job. The bill, known as the STOCK Act, was previously passed by the House and now heads to President Obama's desk for his signature. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/senate-set-for-vote-on-scaled-down-bill-to-ban-insider-trading-by-lawmakers-federal-workers/2012/03/22/gIQABfu3SS_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