Bipartisan House Lawmakers Unveils Bill to Ban Stock Trading

REMINDER: Tom Kean Jr. Has Broken His Stock Trading Promise to New Jersey Voters

Kean Jr. campaigned on a pledge that he would place his assets into a blind trust, but is facing scrutiny for breaking his promise Banning congressional stock trading has been a topic of bipartisan conversation on Capitol Hill this week. But there’s one member who has been noticeably silent: Tom Kean Jr. Reminder: Kean Jr. campaigned on a promise to ban congressional stock trading and place his millions of dollars in assets into a blind trust. …

Congressional Stock Ban Backed by Republicans And Democrats Alike

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | September 03, 2025 A bipartisan group of House members, including the chamber’s most conservative and most liberal members, said at a press conference Wednesday that it has a bill to end the problem of insider trading of stocks by members of Congress. Introducing the Restore Trust in Congress Act, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said it “takes the best elements of all of our legislation, puts it together to restric…

Is a Congressional Stock Trading Ban Even Possible?

There is a growing movement to ban stock trading by members of Congress, but it is altogether unclear whether the two parties will be able to overcome differences to pass such reforms anytime soon. A bipartisan group of House members—including some of the chamber’s most conservative and most liberal members—is pushing the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which they say would close loopholes and put an end to the owning and trading of individual st…

Editorial: Sorry, DC pols — your stock trading bucks stop here

There’s a small light at the end of the tunnel for taxpayers fed up with DC pols making bank while they’re supposed to be doing “the people’s business.” A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their close family members after years of unsuccessful attempts to put such restrictions into place, according to The Hill. We’ve seen this light flicker before, but it la…

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Stock Trading by Congress Members

WASHINGTON—A group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives has launched a fresh effort to ban the trading of stocks in companies by members of Congress. The “Restore Trust in Congress Act” is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), with co-sponsorship from Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.), that seeks to ban members of Congress, their spouses, dependent children, and trustees from buying and selling individual stocks, securiti…

Bipartisan Breakthrough: Congress Unites to Tackle Stock Trading Ban

A surprising coalition of lawmakers from diverse political stances is pushing for a bill to prohibit Congress members and their families from owning or trading individual stocks. The bill gains traction amid public support, although it faces challenges in the Senate for full adoption.