‘This Bill is a Trojan Horse’: GOP Pushes Voter Suppression Under Cover of Insider Trading Ban

Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to push through voter suppression legislation under cover of passing a ban on congressional stock trading.

Image: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

 

Brad Reed of Common Dreams reports: “Democrats on Capitol Hill and voting rights advocates on Tuesday sounded the alarm about Republicans in the House of Representatives trying to push through voter suppression legislation under cover of passing a ban on congressional stock trading.

According to a Tuesday report from Roll Call, House GOP leaders recently added “unrelated language” to what was a bipartisan bill banning congressional stock trading that would “require voters to produce photo ID at the polls, a signature issue for President Donald Trump.”

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