BAN Congressional Stock Trading!
U.S. Congress
When Congress voted on Trump's bill to slash Medicaid and food assistance – while handing billions to big corporations and the top 1% – some lawmakers were quietly cashing in.
Fossil fuel companies, arms dealers, and Big Tech defense firms will all make a fortune because of this bill [1] – and so will any politicians who own stock in them. Just look at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who made dozens of stock trades in industries set to profit from this bill before voting for it [2] – and making herself richer in the process.
She’s not the only one. Lawmakers in both parties – who have access to information the public doesn’t – have made hundreds of suspiciously well-timed trades this year. [3] No wonder politicians’ portfolios consistently beat the market [4] – they aren’t playing by the same rules as the rest of us.
When politicians stand to gain or lose huge sums of wealth based on the votes they cast, there’s just no way to trust they’re acting in our best interests and not their own.
That’s why Common Cause is sounding the alarm and demanding Congress pass a full ban on stock trading by lawmakers – with no loopholes or backroom deals. And here’s the exciting part: our Capitol Hill insiders tell us there’s real momentum for a bipartisan stock trading ban – more than ever before. [5]
Even President Trump claims he’d “absolutely” sign a congressional stock trading ban into law [6] – even though it could cost his buddies in Congress millions. Let’s call his bluff and demand Congress send it to his desk.
Sign the petition now to say enough is enough – it’s time to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/76c2b360-79b3-443a-a142-32eeef7598c4
[2] https://www.capitoltrades.com/politicians/G000596?txDate=90d
[3] https://www.capitoltrades.com/articles/policy-profits-and-the-big-beautiful-bill-that-changed-it-all-2025-07-15
[4] https://www.investopedia.com/how-to-invest-like-congress-11753159
[5] https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5381400/lawmaker-stock-ban-trump
[6] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5267113-donald-trump-congressional-stock-trading-ban/
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Members of Congress are elected to serve We The People – not play the stock market to get rich.
When politicians stand to gain or lose huge sums of wealth based on the votes they cast, there’s just no way to trust they’re acting in our best interests and not their own.
We must ban congressional stock trading NOW.