Ethics advocates say Senate staffers could be breaking rules on stock ownership
There is no ban on lawmakers trading stocks, but there is one for Senate committee aides overseeing industries before their panels. One review found five aides appear to be violating ethics rules.
Both the Senate and the House are considering legislation that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. But there is already a narrow ban in place for some Senate staffers that was enacted in the 1970s, and an outside legal group believes some aides appear to be violating that ban.
Senate committee staffers are required to divest stock in industries related to the jurisdiction of the panel they work for. In a to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics sent on Thursday, the Campaign Legal Center said its
