Leading Congressional Stock Trading Ban Bill Has Spouse Loophole

Published on Dec 30, 2021 — 3 min read

Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul, who frequently trades millions of dollars in corporate stock options.

Ban Conflicted Trading Act
Brick House Cooperative
Chip Roy
Congress
Congressional Reform
ethics
financial disclosures
House Democrats
Jeff Merkley
Nancy Pelosi
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Stocks
TRUST in Congress Act

Summary

The most-cosponsored bill to ban stock trading while in office leaves a huge loophole for trading corporate stocks based on nonpublic information.

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Donald Shaw is a journalist based in rural Western Massachusetts.