Against Pelosi’s Wishes, Legislators Moving to Curb Congress Members from Trading, Holding Stocks While in Office

Democrat and Republican legislators are moving to curb members of Congress from trading and holding stocks while in office despite Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s insistence that members should not be financially limited.

New polling by the Convention of States Action indicates that at least 76 percent of voters in the U.S. believe that legislators and their family members should not be allowed to trade stocks during their tenure in Congress because they have an “unfair advantage.”

Only 5 percent of voters agreed with Pelosi, who recently rejected the belief that legislators and their spouses should be barred from trading.