years a controversy around the practice. A new bill is gaining momentum to ban congressional stock trading. Our Emily Wilkins has some details this morning. Morning, Emily. Good morning, Carl. Well, Carl, the group of lawmakers pushing this new bill, it is really unique. You have Democrats and Republicans from across the political spectrum. AOC, Chip Roy, all backing a measure to prevent lawmakers not just from buying and trading stocks, but also owning individual stocks. Now, before this, there were a numb ...

Joining us now, Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy. He's a co-sponsor of the Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act. Congressman, thank you very much for being here. Uh tell us about what brought you into this topic. Why why are you uh coming up with this initiative? >> Sure. Well, uh in my first term in Congress, I joined with a Democrat friend of mine. uh we shared a belief that members of Congress should not be uh trading stocks uh enriching themselves in essence while ...

Some news in Washington. Emily Wilkins with a news alert from Congress. Emily.Hey Sarah. Well, a Senate panel just approved legislation that would ban members of Congress, the president and the vice president from selling and trading stocks. Now, this has advanced through a Senate committee uh with all Democratic support and all but one Republican, Senator Josh Holly, opposed the bill.So, Holly and the Democrats moved to pass it. However, strong Republican opposition means it might not really stand a chance ...