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For years, lawmakers in both parties have tried to pass legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. It's popular with the American public. Both outgoing President Joe Biden and ...
After an initial flurry of momentum, advocates on Capitol Hill for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress have seen progress slow. They agree on the need to ban trades but aren’t on the ...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is one of several politicians calling for a ban on stock trading by current members of Congress. “I strongly support moving quickly with a ban on congresspeople trading ...
The proposed legislation would bar lawmakers from buying stocks and other covered investments and prevent members from selling stocks 90 days after the bill is enacted, according to a background ...
Both top lawmakers and the most dogged advocates of stock ban legislation seem to agree — Congress has run out of time to strengthen ethics. The effort to ban members of Congress from trading ...
He also proposes a ban on members of Congress from holding and trading individual stocks during their tenure. He is not the first (and likely won’t be the last) politician to try and tackle this ...
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–105 (text), S. 2038, 126 Stat. 291, enacted April 4, 2012) is an Act of Congress designed to combat insider trading. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 4, 2012.
"We want a ban on members of Congress getting rich by trading stocks on insider information," Trump said at the time, but he doesn't appear to have brought up the issue since. Biden's comments ...