The House on Wednesday passed a GOP-backed congressional stock trading ban, overcoming months of delay after conservative hardliners repeatedly pressed House GOP leaders to bring the legislation to the floor for a vote. The lower chamber voted 232-198 to pass the bill, introduced by House Administration Committee Chair
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The House on Wednesday passed a GOP-backed congressional stock trading ban, overcoming months of delay after conservative hardliners repeatedly pressed House GOP leaders to bring the legislation to the floor for a vote. The lower chamber voted 232-198 to pass the bill, introduced by House Administration Committee Chair
The House voted to restrict members of Congress from buying stocks, over the objection of Democrats to an unrelated provision in the legislation imposing new documentation requirements to vote in US elections. The House on Wednesday passed a GOP-backed congressional stock trading ban, overcoming months of delay after conservative hardliners repeatedly pressed House GOP leaders to bring the legislation to the floor for a vote.
Bloomberg reported the story as "US House Votes to Restrict Congressional Stock Purchases."
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