Bipartisan push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gets boost from Trump

Bipartisan push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gets boost from Trumptoggle caption BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images/AFPPresident Trump and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., don't agree on much. But their public support of legislation to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks could revive prospects for a bipartisan effort that's stalled on Capitol Hill for years. I do think that it makes the point," Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley told NPR. Proposals cover lawmakers and spousesBoth the House and Senate bills would ban lawmakers, their spouses from trading individual stocks. Some argue current rules that require lawmakers to disclose any trades of stocks over $1,000 within 30 days are a sufficient guardrail.