A Senate committee has advanced a bill banning stock trading by members of Congress, the president and the vice president. President Trump slammed the lone Republican who voted for the bill, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, calling him a “second tier Senator.” That’s despite a carveout Hawley added to the bill that would exclude President Trump. The bill would require elected officials to divest from their stocks at the beginning of their next term, and would apply to the president and the vice president starting in 2029. The bill faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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