Insider Trading ProCon.org presents facts, laws, congressional profiles, and pro and con statements on questions related to congressional insider trading and insider trading in general. For the best overview of this website, start with the three boxes below: 1-Minute Overview, expert responses to our core question "Should insider trading by Congress be allowed?," and fun facts in Did You Know?
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[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.]
site meaning it took us less than 35 hours to build. The site contains a "did you know?" section, an overview of the issue, pro and con arguments, an image and video gallery, a reader survey, and a listing of all our sources.