Wealthy U.S. Rep. Wied keeps aggressively trading stocks. A bipartisan bill would ban the practice

By: Annie Pulley | The Badger Project

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 1,003

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Most Americans support banning members of Congress and their families from trading stocks in individual companies.

So says a 2023 University of Maryland study that surveyed about 3,000 registered voters.

Lawmakers in Washington are privy to information the general public may not be and can use it to make advantageous stock trades.

And “the problem is getting worse,” said Kedric Payne, director of the ethics program for the Campaign Legal Center, a government watchdog …

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