Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the original bill barring members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. It was named, to Democrats’ dismay, for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has come under scrutiny for her husband’s extensive trading without evidence that any of it was done using insider information from Capitol Hill.

Ethics investigators said that Cleveland-Cliffs stock purchase was an outlier within Kelly’s wife’s investment portfolio, marking her first individual stock purchase in nearly a year. Her investment activity consisted mostly of funds and bonds, they said.

Should members of Congress, who regularly get briefings on major global developments before the public hears about them, be legally permitted to trade individual stocks? Or should that kind of insider knowledge come with restrictions on their ability to invest?

Sen. Josh Hawley said he spoke to Trump on Wednesday after the president called him "second-tier" over his stock trading ban bill.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the Republican’s proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress — and the president and vice president — won bipartisan approval to advance in a committee vote.

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley voted with Democrats Wednesday to advance his bill to ban US lawmakers from stock trading, over the opposition of other Republicans on the panel and drawing the ire of President Donald Trump.

Sen. Josh Hawley's Honest Act banning stock trades by Congress members and the top executive branch offices advanced through committee despite Republican criticism and intraparty tensions.