Proponents of an effort to stop members of Congress from trading stocks are cautiously optimistic that it could pick up steam now that the government shutdown has ended.
The House Administration Committee will meet Wednesday morning for a hearing on the issue, a small step forward for the lawmakers threatening to use whatever procedural tactics are at their disposal to force a vote this Congress.
“If this is the beginning of a true, regular order process that leads to a markup and a floor vote, then that’s great,” said Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., part of a bipartisan working group of House members who unveiled compromise legislation in September. “But if the speaker is just delaying progress, then that’s obviously unacceptable. So we’ll see.”
