U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference to unveil the official Trump Accounts website, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025.House Republican leaders on Thursday committed to a vote in the new year on legislation to ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks.But the proposal likely will not include a provision that would ban stock trading or ownership by President Donald Trump or future presiden ...

We've got a formal debate on Capitol Hill this week around lawmaker stock trading for the first time in years. That's because the House's administration committee is holding a hearing on the stock act. What the rules are right now is that lawmakers can trade as much as they want as long as they disclose those trades within 30 days and comply with insider trading laws.There's a lot of folks who say this is just woefully insufficient, especially after years where we've seen scandal after scandal after scandal ...