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Senate blocks bill banning stock trades by Congress members
Original: Senate blocks Republican bill restricting stock trades by US Congress members
The US Senate has blocked a Republican-backed bill that would have restricted stock trading by members of Congress. Supporters of such measures argue lawmakers have access to insider information and should not trade individual stocks while in office, while opponents of the bill raised concerns about its design. The vote stalls a long-running bipartisan push for stricter ethics rules, and debate over banning congressional stock trading is likely to continue.
Why now: Renewed public pressure to ban lawmakers from trading stocks is keeping congressional ethics in the spotlight.
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