McKeon, Lewis vote to ban insider trading

WASHINGTON • In an overwhelming show of bipartisan support, Congressmen Howard "Buck" McKeon and Jerry Lewis voted to ban insider trading among members of Congress, Congressional employees and executive and judicial branch employees.

The legislation passed by a vote of 417-2.

The bill also would amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Ethics in Government Act and would require the Senate and the House of Representatives to implement an electronic filing system for financial disclosure forms, as well as provide the public with online access to that information in a searchable database.

“The American people have grown weary of Washington because they have come to believe that Washington operates on a different set of rules than those of American families and businesses,” McKeon said in a press release.

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