'US lawmakers must not trade stocks'

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 25, 2022 12:03 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Capitol Hill has begun to debate whether to ban US lawmakers from trading stocks, but despite some rare bi-partisan unity on the question it is far from settled.

Legislation introduced earlier this month by Democratic senators Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Mark Kelly of Arizona would require members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children to place their investments in a blind trust.

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