Republicans on the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to ban congressional stock trading on Wednesday, with ...

The House Administration Committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-backed congressional stock trading bill, despite ...

The measure would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from buying new individual stocks.

The measure would allow lawmakers to keep stocks they already own, and they could still buy and sell diversified investment funds.

A panel led by former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara urged Congress to clarify the law governing insider trading, to make it less confusing for traders, judges and regulators. The biggest problem is ...