Transparency

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Stop Wall Street Looting Act (S.2155) A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? S.2155 in the 119th Congress would impose transparency, accountability, and limit-of-extraction provisions on private equity (PE) firms, addressing the documented pattern of PE acquisitions leading to bankruptcies in healthcare, retail, housing, and journalism. What does it actually do? PE transparency: Requires disclosure of PE ownership stakes in operating companies. Joint-and-several liability: PE firms bear liability for the debts of acquired companies (closes the bankruptcy-shield loophole). Healthcare PE: Specific provisions for PE-owned hospitals, nursing homes, and physician practices. Worker protections: Severance and pension protections in PE-driven bankruptcies. Carried-interest taxation: Closes the carried-interest tax loophole. Who votes when? Senate Banking + HELP: Active consideration House companion: Pending introduction President: Signature dependent on chamber action How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes directly with the cooperative-architecture thesis. Liana Banyan exists structurally as the alternative to extractive financial architectures — including PE-driven rollups in healthcare (#6 Tatiana Schlossberg Health Accords + #7 MSA), retail (#3 Lets Go Shopping cooperative marketplace), and food (#1 Lets Make Dinner + #2 Lets Get Groceries cooperative grocery model). ...

👀 I’m Just a Bill — Whistleblower Protection Expansion A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Expansion of federal whistleblower protections in the 119th Congress, addressing gaps in current law for federal employees, contractors, and private-sector whistleblowers reporting fraud, waste, or abuse. What does it actually do? Federal employee protections — strengthens Merit Systems Protection Board enforcement Contractor protections — covers federal contractor employees disclosing fraud Anti-retaliation — increases damages and remedies for retaliation Reporting channels — expands acceptable disclosure channels Intelligence-community — limited expansion of IC whistleblower channels Who votes when? House Oversight + Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with the Federal-Congressional Body Cam transparency doctrine and the cooperative’s broader structural commitment to “accountability is dignity, not vulnerability.” Whistleblower protections are infrastructure for the transparency the cooperative argues for. ...