It's time to restore accountability and tackle Washington's broken culture head-on by removing conflicts of interest, banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, imposing term limits, and requiring a balanced budget that respects taxpayer dollars.
Remove conflicts of interest, ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, impose term limits, and require a balanced budget that respects taxpayer dollars.
Occurrences
Congressman Tom Barrett co-sponsored the bipartisan PREDICT Act to prevent senior government officials from betting in prediction markets and profiting off insider knowledge.
co-sponsored the bipartisan Preventing Real-time Exploitation and Deceptive Insider Congressional Trading (PREDICT) Act (H.R. 8076) to prevent senior government officials from betting in prediction markets and profiting off insider knowledge
established a new office policy banning every member of his staff from placing bets on prediction markets involving government action, political activity, or any knowledge they may have learned through their employment
Barrett helped introduce the Stop Insider Trading Act in January as part of his Blueprint for a Better America: Restoring Trust in Government... Specifically, the Stop Insider Trading Act will prevent conflicts of interest by: Banning each member of Congress, his or her spouse, and his or her dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks; Requiring members to file a public notice at least seven days, but no more than 14 days, in advance of each intended sale of stocks they already own; and Requiring the House and Senate Ethics Committees to penalize members who break the law with a fee equal to $2,000 or 10% of the value of the stock, whichever is greater, as well as any net gain realized from the sale.
Evidence
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Barrett’s reform agenda says it is time to "remove conflicts of interest, ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, impose term limits, and require a balanced budget." The page also says he "Helped Introduce the Stop Insider Trading Act" but does not show completed enactment of the broader promise.
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, was introduced in the House on January 12, 2026, with Barrett listed among the cosponsors. The bill text seeks restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, but the bill status remains introduced and not enacted into law.
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Barrett announced the Judicial Term Limits Amendment, which would limit federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, to 20-year terms. That is a term-limits measure, but it applies to judges, not members of Congress, so it does not fulfill the campaign promise as written.
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Co-sponsored a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms a member of the U.S. House and Senate may serve.
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Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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no covered individual may purchase a covered investment
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Status: Failed
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Barrett | Barrett | Republican | MI | Yea
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Mr. Barrett) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Assessments
The verified commitment promised outcomes: removing conflicts of interest, banning congressional individual-stock trading, imposing term limits, and requiring a balanced budget. Verified passages show Barrett materially advanced related measures, including co-sponsoring a congressional term-limits amendment and being listed with a joint resolution referred to Judiciary, plus a stock-trading bill placed on the Senate calendar. But the verified evidence does not show enactment or completion of the promised outcomes, and there is no expired deadline in the commitment. Under the rules, documented attempts without enactment make this unresolved, with effort credited.
The promise bundled several federal reforms: removing conflicts of interest, banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, imposing congressional term limits, and requiring a balanced budget. The evidence shows Barrett materially advanced only part of the agenda by cosponsoring H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, during his current House term, but it had only been introduced and not enacted. His judicial term-limits amendment does not satisfy the promised congressional term-limits plank. There is no evidence that the broader package, congressional stock-trading ban, congressional term limits, or balanced-budget requirement became law. Because he made a concrete legislative attempt but did not deliver the promised outcome, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
The promise bundled several concrete outcomes: banning individual stock trading by members of Congress, imposing term limits, and requiring a balanced budget. The evidence shows Barrett made or supported some related efforts in the same term, especially cosponsoring H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, and introducing a judicial term-limits amendment. But H.R. 7008 was only introduced and not enacted, the term-limits proposal applied to federal judges rather than members of Congress, and there is no evidence that the broader package, including congressional term limits or a balanced-budget requirement, became law. Because there was a serious legislative attempt but the promised outcome was not delivered, the correct outcome is never with an effort badge.