{"id":14694,"date":"2025-05-20T03:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T03:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=14694"},"modified":"2025-05-20T03:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T03:09:25","slug":"new-bill-seeks-to-ban-stock-trading-by-members-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=14694","title":{"rendered":"New Bill Seeks to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a new piece of legislation aimed at preventing members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office. 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