Woodmere Village Mayor Benjamin Holbert says such a ban 'would move accountability in the right direction and give the public a reason to have faith in government once again.'
Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a letter asking Democrats to hold a hearing on banning stock trading for lawmakers and their spouses after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s husband s trades.
At least two more Democrats and a Republican senator failed to report stock transactions last year as a ban on congressional stock trading flounders in a Senate working group.