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Congress Faces Pressure to Ban Stock Trading by Members

12/4/2025

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A push to ban stock trading by members of Congress and their families has emerged.
Representative Mike Levin (D-Calif.) argues trading on non-public information is fundamentally wrong and should be opposed.
Levin criticized the STOCK Act as ineffective and says he and his wife sold stocks to avoid conflicts, favoring mutual funds instead.
Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act to prohibit such trading.

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Story summary

A push to ban stock trading by members of Congress and their families has emerged.
Representative Mike Levin (D-Calif.) argues trading on non-public information is fundamentally wrong and should be opposed.
Levin criticized the STOCK Act as ineffective and says he and his wife sold stocks to avoid conflicts, favoring mutual funds instead.
Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act to prohibit such trading.