Previous members sign up with the chorus contacting us to end congressional stock trading
A group of previous members of Congress desires action before completion of this session on legislation disallowing legislators from owning or trading specific stocks.
The previous legislators, arranged by Issue One, a Washington-based political reform group, on Monday sent out a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., requiring a flooring vote on a proposition that advanced out of committee in July. Particularly, the group requires the legislation to be added to any "need to pass" plan Congress will use up in the subsiding days of the 118th Congress.
"Members of Congress are public servants. We wish to promote civil service and we wish to be more aspirational in what that indicates," stated Zach Wamp, a Tennessee Repub...