Many members of Congress kept working on their stock portfolios during the government shutdown. Unfortunately for them, we were working, too, to make sure they can’t do it again.

Today, the House held a hearing to ban congressional stock trading. We kept working while they were out, and they knew that as soon as they came back, we’d call them out for their trades:

• Congressman Tony Weid from Wisconsin bought at least $50K worth of stock in LCI Industries, and within a week, the value went up 15%.


• Congressman Tim Moore from North Carolina “bought the dip” on Verizon Communications Inc last month, and his last purchase is up almost 6%.


• Congressman Michael McCaul’s wife, Linda Mays from Texas, recently disclosed over 200 stock trades made over the course of October.

Part of why members of Congress are sweating is because we’ve launched our 2026 election project, and we’re targeting members who trade stocks or otherwise enable this financial corruption. We’ve already endorsed three candidates, and we’re in talks with others.

In short, if Congress can’t get it done now, we’re backing a slate of candidates who will.

We started Ban The Trade to challenge those who abuse their power to enrich themselves and pass legislation to ban congressional stock trading completely. Every contribution fuels our work, both with the current Congress and those running in 2026. Please, chip in today:

Working hard against financial corruption in Congress,

Ban The Trade