Lawmaker Stock Buying Ban Fails in Senate Over Clash on Voter ID
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How it spread - 6 original reports, 2 reprints
Wed, 30 September 2026
5 reports- Bloomberg Politics16:53first to report
Senate Democrats blocked a bill to prohibit US lawmakers from purchasing stock in public companies and lashed out at Republican leaders for attaching unrelated voter identification restrictions they argued would make casting ballots cumbersome for some US citizens.
- The Hill16:56
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill sponsored by vulnerable GOP incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (Neb.) to restrict members of Congress from buying new stocks of publicly traded companies, arguing the legislation didn’t go far enough to crack down on possible corruption. The Stop Insider Trading Act failed by a vote of 53-47. No Democrat...
- Google News - Top Stories16:56
Senate Democrats block House-passed bill restricting member stock trading Politico Schumer tanks popular insider trading ban in Dem effort to derail Republican's agenda ahead of midterms Fox News Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win The New York Times Bill to limit stock trading in US Congress blocked in Senate Yahoo Live updates: Trade court hears Trump tariff lawsuit; Senate panel OKs Nicole Saphier The Hill
- Google News - Top Stories18:33
Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win The New York Times Senate Democrats block bill restricting Congress members from trading stocks WJLA Schumer tanks popular insider trading ban in Dem effort to derail Republican's agenda ahead of midterms Fox News US Senate blocks Republican bill restricting stock trades by Congress members The Guardian Senate fails to advance data center and lawmaker stock trading bills before campaign break Yahoo Finance
- The Guardian World20:36
Democrats block measure they say didn’t go far enough – and was bundled with ‘poison pill’ voter ID rules The US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress, after Democrats refused to advance a measure they said would let lawmakers keep their portfolios and was bundled with voter ID rules they called a “poison pill”. The 53-47 vote fell seven short of the 60 needed to open debate on the Stop Insider Trading Act , which the...
Mon, 5 October 2026
1 report- abc6onyourside.com23:11
The Senate last week killed a bill that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from buying individual stocks.
2 reprints
- wcyb.com5 Oct, 23:11their copy
- news3lv.com5 Oct, 23:11their copy