Pelosi says she's open to stock trading ban for Congress

Pelosi against push to ban stock trading by lawmakers

The push to ban members of Congress from trading stocks is picking up steam on Capitol Hill. But the effort faces one major hurdle: the opposition of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

After Amassing a Net Worth of $120 Million Nancy Pelosi Says She's Open to Stock Trading Ban for Congress

Over her 35 years in Congress, Nancy Pelosi has amassed a personal fortune of over $120 million. Nancy has developed exquisite tastes over the years. She loves her gourmet ice cream. In December Democrat Nancy Pelosi defended US lawmakers trading stocks on tips after a report showed 49 members of Congress violated the law designed…

Pelosi says she's open to stock trading ban for Congress

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday appeared to suggest she is open to a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, a shift from her previous stance that members and their families should be allowed...

Pelosi opens the door to stock trading ban

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has opposed new legislation banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, signaled Thursday she is open to advancing it — if it has the support of her caucus."I just don't buy into it, but if members want to do that I'm ok with that," Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference.The speaker said she didn't believe the step was necessary because she trusted her colleagues and existing laws cur…

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says banning member stock trades possible

WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday signaled her willingness to advance legislation that could ban lawmaker stock trades, if her rank-and-file Democrats support such a move. At her weekly news conference, Pelosi was asked about tightening controls on stock transactions. She responded: "If members (of the House) want to do that, I'm OK with that."

Pelosi Cool to Limiting Stock Trades of Lawmakers

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she trusts her members not to do anything improper while trading stocks — but also pledged to “review all the bills that are coming in and see where the support is in our caucus” for banning that practice among sitting members of Congress, Politico reports.Said Pelosi: “To give a blanket attitude of we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we can’t be trusted, I just don’t buy into that. But if the members want to …