Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have recently proposed banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office. This sentiment dates back to the STOCK Act of 2012, which was supposed to be the fix. This piece of legislation required politicians to publicly disclose trades within 45 days of a transaction.
But critics have long argued it doesn't go far enough. More recent proposals, including the ETHICS Act and the TRUST in Congress Act, would go further and prohibit active stock trading by members altogether.
