Goodlander files stock trading and predictions market bans for Congress, SCOTUS, White House

By: William Skipworth

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 575

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander introduced legislation Wednesday to ban federal officials, elected and appointed, from trading and owning individual stocks or betting on prediction markets like Kalshi or Polymarket.

The proposed prohibition includes members of Congress, the president, the vice president, political appointees, Supreme Court justices, and federal judges, as well as their staffs and family members.

Goodlander, a Democrat representing the western half of New Hampshire, and her co-sponsor, Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick …

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