Elizabeth Warren proposes banning Congress from owning stocks as part of sweeping anti-corruption bill

Published August 21, 2018 2:41pm ET



Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday proposed banning members of Congress from owning individual stocks as part of what she described as the “most ambitious anti-corruption legislation” since Watergate.

“The problem is far bigger than Trump, and the way I see it this loss of faith this broad, and this profound, is more than a problem — it is a crisis, a crisis of faith,” the Massachusetts Democratic senator said at an event in Washington unveiling her legislation.

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