"As a presidential candidate, you created a plan of 25 commitments to 'guarantee government works for the people,' which included a pledge to prevent members of Congress from being influenced by their personal financial holdings," the coalition wrote. The coalition's letter reminded Biden of his previous statements and actions regarding lawmakers and their personal finances. Congress will move a lot quicker than they currently are if he makes that kind of statement." "I expect the president to put out a short but clear statement that he wants to get this done. "His silence has left the reform effort without the lift that it needs," Kedric Payne, general counsel and senior director for ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, told Insider. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Government ethics scholar Norman Ornstein and American University distinguished professor James Thurber also signed the letter. Signatories include the Campaign Legal Center, Center for American Progress, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Indivisible, National Taxpayers Union, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Project on Government Oversight, Public Citizen, Reform for Illinois, RepresentUs, Stand Up America, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, and Transparency International, US. "Supporting the effort to end the inherent conflict of interest stock trading presents would allow you to fulfill your promise and advance an important bipartisan priority."
"President Biden, you promised the American people that you would advocate for them by pushing Congress to free itself from being influenced by their personal financial holdings," the coalition wrote Tuesday. President Joe Biden must "publicly and actively" push Congress to ban its members from trading individual stocks, a coalition of 16 reform advocates, government watchdog groups, and political organizations wrote Tuesday in a letter to the president. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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