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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Democrats block measure they say didn’t go far enough – and was bundled with ‘poison pill’ voter ID rules</p><p>The US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress, after Democrats refused to advance a measure they said would let lawmakers keep their portfolios and was bundled with voter ID rules they called a “poison pill”.</p><p>The 53-47 vote fell seven short of the 60 needed to open debate on the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008/all-actions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Stop Insider Trading Act</a>, which the Republican-controlled House passed in July. Every Democrat and independent voted no, and the failure comes five weeks before the 3 November midterms.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/us-senate-stock-trades-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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