A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their close family members after years of unsuccessful attempts to put such restrictions into place.

"We have reached a tipping point where pressure outside the building is becoming too much for leadership to deny," Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) said during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday. "I cannot even describe when this issue comes up at town halls and events across the country, people go nuts."

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