{
  "family": "common-ground",
  "checked": "2026-10-09",
  "scope": "A selected pilot, not an exhaustive policy platform. Survey findings describe the sampled population and the stated question, not all Americans or every version of a proposal.",
  "id": "congress-stock-trading",
  "metaTitle": "Congress stock trading: poll & bill status | America.co",
  "title": "Do Americans agree on banning congressional stock trading?",
  "description": "Compare dated bipartisan polling with the House-passed stock-trading bill, its latest Senate action, and the limits of that comparison.",
  "answer": "Yes, this dated survey found majority support across parties. But a policy poll is not a vote on the complete House-passed bill. H.R. 7008 passed the House; the September 30, 2026 Senate action did not advance consideration through cloture. It was not an enacted ban in the official record checked October 9.",
  "category": "Trust and accountability",
  "poll": {
    "label": "PPC national Q114",
    "period": "2026-02-11 / 2026-02-26",
    "population": "U.S. adults; weighted opt-in panels; total n=2,509; four-fifths modules n=1,991–2,020 (question-specific n unreported).",
    "questionSummary": "Individual-company stock trading restrictions for Congress.",
    "national": 76,
    "republican": 78,
    "democrat": 75,
    "independent": 72,
    "sourceUrl": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf#page=30"
  },
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Related bill",
      "value": "H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008"
    },
    {
      "label": "House action",
      "value": "Passed July 22, 2026: 232–198",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr7008.xml"
    },
    {
      "label": "Latest recorded action",
      "value": "September 30, 2026: Senate cloture on proceeding not invoked, 53–47",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr7008.xml"
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Which proposal are we comparing?",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Separate restrictions on purchases, existing holdings, sales, family members and executive officials. Those choices are not interchangeable. A headline saying “stock-trading ban” can conceal very different designs."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7008eh/html/BILLS-119hr7008eh.htm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Why the poll and the roll call can disagree",
      "paragraphs": [
        "The House-passed text restricts purchases and adds sale-notice rules; it also includes voter-identification provisions. The poll tested a narrower stock-trading policy. A legislator’s vote on the package cannot be treated as a pure vote on that one policy."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7008eh/html/BILLS-119hr7008eh.htm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "A checkable accountability question",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Ask an office which restrictions it supports and why: new purchases, sale of existing holdings, family coverage, enforcement and penalties. Then compare the answer with the actual amendment or bill version. Keep explanations separate from an inference about personal motives."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    "Open the dated bill action record.",
    "Read the version considered in the roll call, not only the introduced text.",
    "Ask the office about individual provisions and record its answer in its own words."
  ],
  "caution": "This is a bounded comparison, not an exhaustive inventory of stock-trading bills. A failed procedural motion is not a vote to enact or reject every individual provision.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "PPC national questionnaire, Q114 and methodology",
      "url": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Official H.R. 7008 action record",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr7008.xml",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "House-passed H.R. 7008 text",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7008eh/html/BILLS-119hr7008eh.htm",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "label": "How to track congressional votes",
      "url": "/learn/how-to-track-congressional-votes"
    },
    {
      "label": "Public resource desk",
      "url": "/resources"
    },
    {
      "label": "The common-sense board",
      "url": "/forum"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    [
      "Does bipartisan public support mean a particular bill has bipartisan support?",
      "No. Coverage, enforcement, exceptions and unrelated provisions can differ from the policy described in a poll."
    ],
    [
      "Did the September 30 Senate vote enact a ban?",
      "No. It was a cloture vote on a motion to proceed. Consult the linked official record for later actions."
    ]
  ],
  "route": "/common-ground/congress-stock-trading",
  "file": "common-ground/congress-stock-trading.html"
}