U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse joined a growing number of Democrats and Republicans pushing to force a vote on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress.

Neguse, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, is one of the cosponsors of the Restore Trust in Congress Act , introduced by Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. The bipartisan bill is designed to stop insider trading and would ban Congress members, their spouses and dependent children from holding and trading stocks.

Supporters believe action is needed to strengthen restrictions beyond the 2012 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act , which forbids Congress members, executive branch officials and federal employees from using nonpublic information gained by their positions for t

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