"The reason? Top Democrats are now insisting that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance also be included in the ban - a move that will likely dampen GOP support for the idea. It's something of a repeat of what happened in July in the Senate, when Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri struck a deal with Democrats to advance a stock trading ban that would include Trump and Vance."
"Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, acting vice president of policy and government affairs at the Project On Government Oversight, had been working with lawmakers on the bipartisan bill. He told Business Insider that Democrats' maneuver would significantly lower the likelihood that a stock trading ban gets passed this Congress. "I think we had a real path, and I think intentionally, this effort from Democratic leadership has really undercut that path," Hedtler-Gaudette said. "Everyone's going to be basically retreating into their partisan corners now.""
Dozens of members of Congress signed onto an effort to force a House vote on a bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks. The effort is increasingly likely to fail because top Democrats insist that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance be included in the ban, a demand likely to reduce GOP support. The Senate saw a similar dynamic when Sen. Josh Hawley struck a deal to advance a stock trading ban that would include Trump and Vance, provoking Republican backlash. Democrats and Republicans are preparing competing proposals, undermining bipartisan momentum. The Restore Trust in Congress Act would force lawmakers to sell individual stock holdings within 180 days of enactment.
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