Congress, Stock Trading & Tariffs

A Campaign Legal Center analysis found that lawmakers made thousands of trades during a period of economic uncertainty sparked by the Trump administration’s tariff rollout. During a potential crisis, voters should not have to wonder whether elected officials are more focused on the public interest or their own pocketbooks. Fortunately, there is a solution: Congress can pass the bipartisan ETHICS Act, which would ban lawmakers from buying or selling stocks and other securities, commodities, or futures while in office.