House Speaker Mike Johnson said that members of Congress should be able to continue owning stocks.

He suggested that a stock trading ban could discourage people from running for office.

Earlier this year, Johnson expressed support for a ban, citing the “appearance of impropriety.”

  • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Direct democracy solves this.

    Introduces a host a new problems sure.

    But fuck it our representatives aren’t riding to Congress in covered wagons anymore.