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Should members of Congress be allowed to trade stocks while serving in office?

Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) in 2012, following more than 10 years of allegations of insider trading by members of Congress and staff. Initially introduced in 2006, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) drafted the STOCK Act in response to insider trading allegations against Tony Rudy, a top aide to the onetime House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, as well as an insider trading scandal faced by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in 2005. Critics argue that The STOCK Act has failed to achieve its goal of penalizing members for…  

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23%
Yes
77%
No
14%
Yes
68%
No
7%
Yes, but with strict protections against insider trading
6%
No, and their investments should be held in a blind trust
2%
Yes, as long as their trades are publicly reported in real time
3%
No, and do more to prevent insider trading by their friends and family

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 @9GTY55Z from Maryland answered…7mos7MO

No, and their investments should be held in a blind trust and do more to prevent insider trading by their family and friends, such as all family members must report their trades in real time.

 @9J4BFZW from Virginia answered…5mos5MO

No, their investments should be held in a blind trust and more should be done to prevent insider trading by their family, friends and coworkers

 @97MLL8T from Utah answered…2yrs2Y

there should be no congress

 @94DV3LWfrom Guam answered…2yrs2Y

Abolish congress.

 @9G3DHMG from Wisconsin answered…8mos8MO

No, and their investments should be held in a blind trust as well as doing more to prevent insider trading by their friends and family.

 @9BXBCTN from California answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but with strict protections against insider trading and as long as their trades are publicly reported in real time

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