were up sharply in november, especially for chrysler, which saw a 45% increase from november of last year. ford says its sales were up 13%, g.m. 7%. the profits of members of congress was the subject of a recent report on "60 minutes." the broadcast revealed that memberes of congress are allowed to use insider information to help them make stock trades that would be illegal for anyone else. nancy cordes tells tells us since that's report a bill to change the law has been gaining speed. >> reporter: it's called the stock disability and it would explicitly ban members of congress from profiting on information not available to the public that they gain through their work on capitol hill. >> we must make it unambiguous that this kind of behavior is illegal. >> we should not be shielding congress from laws that apply to other americans. >> reporter: before the "60 minutes" piece aired last month, the stock act had been languishing for five years. new york democratic congresswoman louise slaughter had only managed to round up nine cosponsors in the house. and now you have how many? >> now we have 138. >> reporter: slaughter was ins