A group of Senate Democrats recently announced they will re-introduce a bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress and their families. The renewed call comes about a month after members of Congress, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), disclosed large stock purchases just before the Trump administration announced a 90-day pause on tariffs when the market jumped 10 percent.

As many know, this problem occurs on both sides of the aisle. During the COVID-19 pandemic, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was scrutinized for timely trades made by her husband, just before major federal aid packages and lockdowns were announced.

While accusations of insider trading by members of Congress are a familiar story, what we haven’t known, until now, is what exactly these beliefs do to public trust in the federal........

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