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.
Occurrences
Evidence
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.
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.
Assessments
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.