Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a discharge petition Tuesday to force a vote on the longtime issue of banning congressional stock trading.
Luna has continuously threatened to deploy a discharge petition for months if House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to move on the issue.
“Across the country, from every political background, the American people agree on one thing: Members of Congress should not be enriching themselves with insider trading,” Luna wrote on X. “This is one of the most popular, most supported bipartisan issues in the entire country. Americans deserve a Congress that works for them, not for special interests or personal portfolios.”
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Banning congressional stock trading has long had deep bipartisan support, but has picked up new momentum after a bipartisan group of
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