Democrats Ready Congressional Stock Trading Ban

“Democrats promised quick action next year to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks as they seek to deliver on campaign promises to clean up corruption in Washington,” Bloomberg reports.

“Still, it wasn’t clear whether they would include the president in the stock trading ban, which could provoke opposition from Republican lawmakers or a presidential veto since Donald Trump has actively traded stocks and chafed at restrictions on his financial dealings while in office.”

Said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): “We’re cleaning up the mess here in the Congress, with the executive branch, and at the Supreme Court, and that should begin by prohibiting members of Congress from trading stocks.”