A bipartisan group of nearly 100 former members of Congress is pressing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., to pass legislation that would ban members of Congress and their families from trading or owning individual stocks.
Issue One, a Washington-based group advocating bipartisan political reform, released Tuesday a letter signed by 90 former lawmakers — 60 Democrats, 28 Republicans, and two independents — addressed to Johnson and Jeffries.
The group urged House leaders to advance the Restore Trust in Congress Act, introduced Sept. 3.
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