Axios reports:
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) plans to introduce his own bill to prevent members of Congress from trading stocks, while Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) teams up with fellow Democrat Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Axios has learned.
Why it matters: This means there will be now be two similar bills to ban stock trades individually championed by two vastly different lawmakers—further complicating the effort to pass a stock trading ban this session.
Between the lines: This comes after talks between Ossoff and Hawley’s offices fizzled out, and Ossoff had sought a Republican co-sponsor before partnering with Kelly.
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