[link removed] [[link removed]] Senators strike bipartisan deal for a ban on stock trading by members of CongressJohn,
I’m going to keep this short today, but I wanted to reach out with some really good ethics news: a bipartisan group of senators came together yesterday to announce that they reached an agreement on a bill that would ban congressional stock trading!
If you’ve been following CREW’s work for a while, you know that we’ve been leading the push for this popular, necessary reform for years.
Bills to ban congressional stock trading are not exactly new, but this one is a big deal because it will be the first bill of its kind to get formal consideration by a Senate committee — in this case the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 24.
Most importantly, the ETHICS Act has everything we've been advocating for in a stock trading ban:
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It
prohibits
members
of
Congress
from
owning
or
trading
individual
stocks
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It
applies
to
members’
spouses
and
family
members
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It
has
a
clear
enforcement
mechanism
and
real
consequences
for
violating
the
public
trust
CREW strongly endorses the ETHICS Act—and we’re eager to do everything we can to help get the bill passed into law. If you would like to help, call your senator at (202) 224-3121 to express your support for the ETHICS Act and make a (MATCHED!) donation to CREW to help us continue this fight for reform. [[link removed]]
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We need to know that Congress is working in the people's interest, not to further their own financial interests, and passing this bill [[link removed]] would help make their priorities clear. Let’s get it done!
Thanks for reading,
Donald Sherman
Executive Director
CREW
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