Mark Alford will support prohibiting Members of Congress from trading individual stocks while serving in office.

Mark Alford · Missouri · Republican

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Support the Stop Insider Trading Act or related efforts to ban congressional stock trading.. Promised outcome: Members of Congress are prohibited from trading individual stocks while serving in office.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Missouri's 4th District; 2026 press release list item on House passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act.

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Stop Insider Trading Act, marking a significant step forward in efforts to prohibit Members of Congress from trading individual stocks while serving in office.

The item describes House passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act as part of efforts to prohibit congressional stock trading.

News List | Congressman Mark Alford
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Evidence

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Mr. Alford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record shows Alford introduced H.R. 3388, whose full title is to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress.

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H.R. 3388 (IH) - Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act - BILLS-119hr3388ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate rejected cloture on H.R. 7008, a bill requiring stock restrictions for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, leaving the prohibition effort short of enactment as of the latest official action found.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 253
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-09 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified evidence shows Alford introduced a bill that was referred to the Committee on House Administration, which supports material effort toward the stock-trading prohibition. But the judged commitment is an outcome commitment to prohibit Members of Congress from trading individual stocks while serving. The verified evidence does not show the prohibition was enacted or otherwise in force as of 2026-10-09, and introducing or advancing a bill does not by itself fulfill an enactment/outcome promise. The verified original commitment notes House passage as a step forward, but House passage alone is not enactment of the promised prohibition.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%