Why Senate Democrats blocked a bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades
Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have banned lawmakers from trading stocks. The opposition was due to an attached rider concerning voter ID laws.
A bill that would have prohibited lawmakers and their family members from buying publicly-traded stocks was blocked by Senate Democrats on Wednesday over an attached rider on voter ID laws. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
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