Members of Congress should not trade individual stocks. Period. The American people deserve to know their representatives are working for them — not for their own portfolios. That’s why I’m a cosponsor of the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act, and I’ll keep pushing until it gets done.
Keep pushing to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks until it gets done.
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Evidence
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Axios reported on May 29, 2026 that congressional stock-trading bans were still a live campaign issue, with candidates publicly endorsing divestment or blind-trust reforms rather than describing a completed federal ban.
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AP reported that Congress still had not enacted a stock-trading ban, that multiple proposals remained on Capitol Hill, and that a bipartisan bill had stalled this year despite presidential support.
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Baumgartner's House office said he voted to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, described him as a cosponsor, summarized the bill as banning Member, spouse, and dependent-child purchases of publicly traded securities with exceptions, and noted the House passed it 232-198 but it still had to pass the Senate before going to the President.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 7008 as the Placed on Calendar Senate version, with last action date August 6, 2026 and actions of received, read the first time, and read the second time and placed on the calendar.
Assessments
Baumgartner materially advanced the promise during the same federal term by cosponsoring and voting for the Stop Insider Trading Act, which passed the House. But the promised outcome was to keep pushing until a congressional stock-trading ban was actually done, and the evidence shows H.R. 7008 was only placed on the Senate calendar and had not become law. Because he took concrete legislative action but the federal ban was not enacted, this is partial progress rather than full delivery.
The promised outcome, a federal ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks, had not been enacted as of late May 2026. The evidence shows the issue was still active on Capitol Hill and that proposed bans had stalled, so there is no basis to score full delivery. Because Baumgartner is still in federal office and the claim is framed as an ongoing commitment to keep pushing until passage, this fits unresolved rather than never. The record provided also does not show a Baumgartner-specific legislative or executive action substantial enough to justify partial credit or an effort badge on its own.