Overview

• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has filed a discharge petition to bypass House leadership, forcing a vote on an outright ban of members trading individual stocks.
• She needs 218 signatures to bring the measure to the floor despite Speaker Johnson’s objections, with backing from Rep. Tim Burchett.
• Speaker Johnson has indicated private support for a ban despite concerns that a forced vote could expose GOP divisions, fueling criticism of leadership protecting the powerful.
• Republicans led by Rep. Chip Roy alongside Rep. Seth Magaziner are drafting a bipartisan comprehensive ethics bill that would curb lawmaker trading as an alternative to an outright ban.
• Rep. Thomas Massie is pursuing a separate discharge petition to compel the DOJ to release all remaining evidence from its 2019 Jeffrey Epstein investigation.