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US Insider Trading Laws

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-	Background
-	Legislation and Enforcement
-	Congressional Insider Trading
-	Political Intelligence and Insider Trading
-	Effect on Investors and the Market

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Should insider trading by Congress be prohibited?

This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses to the core question "Should insider trading by Congress be prohibited?" We have divided questions about the topic into the issues and sub-issues listed below.

Background

Defining Insider Trading

Insider Trading Law and Regulation

Legal Loophole for Congressional Insider Trading

Legislation and Enforcement

Congress and the STOCK Act

Congressional Insider Trading

Information Advantage

Ethics and Transparency

Political Intelligence and Insider Trading

Political Intelligence Disclosure Act

Cases of Political Intelligence Use

Effect on Investors and the Market

NEWS AND NOTICES
(archived after 30 days)

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Archived News and Notices (archived after 30 days)

[Editor’s Note: In our core question, we use the term “Congress” to include Congressional representatives and their staff. Our site uses the term insider trading to mean trading securities based on material, non-public information.]