Support House rules that ban members of Congress, their families, and congressional staff from trading individual stocks and participating in prediction markets.

Michael Cloud · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 90%

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Occurrences

Evidence

Cloud’s office said he and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi led a bipartisan group calling on House leadership to adopt new House rules prohibiting Members, their families, and staff from trading individual stocks and participating in prediction markets.

Michael Cloud took a concrete public step toward the claim by leading a bipartisan letter urging House rules that would ban congressional stock trading and prediction market trading, but this is advocacy rather than enacted House policy.

partial same_term A for effort

Krishnamoorthi and Cloud Lead Bipartisan Push to Ban Congressional Stock Trading and Prediction Market Trading
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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The letter states that House rules should include a clear, enforceable ban on Members, their families, and staff trading in individual stocks and in prediction markets, and is signed by Michael Cloud.

An official signed letter shows Cloud personally backed the requested House-rule change, but the document reflects a request for future action rather than a completed rule change.

partial same_term A for effort

Letter to House Leadership re: Prediction Markets
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Cloud materially supported the promised House-rule change during his current House term by leading and signing a bipartisan push asking House leadership to adopt rules banning members, families, and staff from individual stock trading and prediction-market participation. The provided evidence shows concrete advocacy, but not that the House actually adopted the rules or that the ban took effect, so the promised policy outcome was not fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%