Amid concerns over insider trading, Johnson says a stock ban would deter “good people” from running for office.

Amid pressure from both Democrats and members of his own party, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (Louisiana) insisted he was in favor of stricter rules regarding insider trading in Congress, but stopped short of expressing support for an outright ban on stock trading for lawmakers. The statement from Johnson, reported on by Punchbowl News’s Jake Sherman…

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  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    4 months ago

    How do we know this will never happen?

    Among all Americans, 86 percent are in favor of the idea. But a ban on stock trading is also supported by voters across all ideological stripes, including 88 percent of Democratic-leaning voters, 87 percent of Republican-leaning voters, and 81 percent of independent voters.

    Fuck me! Can you name another issue we are all so closely in agreement with?

    They can’t divide us on this so they’ll bury it instead.