{"id":8049,"date":"2026-01-22T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/?p=8049"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:04:07","slug":"ban-congress-from-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/es\/ban-congress-from-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Congress from trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/lincolndems.org\/wp9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cooper-2.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then-Gov. Roy Cooper speaks during the North Carolina Democratic Party Unity Dinner at the Raleigh Convention Center on July 20, 2024. Ethan Hyman <a href=\"mailto:hyman@newsobserver.com\">hyman@newsobserver.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ban Congress from trading stocks? NC Senate candidate Roy Cooper says yes<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Danielle Battaglia Updated December 16, 2025 9:11 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As members of Congress debate whether to ban stock trading, Roy Cooper, the former governor of North Carolina and a Senate candidate, announced his support for a ban. \u201cA lot of people just don\u2019t trust Washington politicians,\u201d Cooper said in a written statement to McClatchy. \u201cThat\u2019s because too many of them look after themselves, and not the people they\u2019re supposed to serve. But leaders are elected to serve the people they represent, not to trade a company\u2019s stock on insider knowledge to get rich.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article313723080.html%23storylink=cpy\">https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article313723080.html#storylink=cpy<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then-Gov. Roy Cooper speaks during the North Carolina Democratic Party Unity Dinner at the Raleigh Convention Center on July 20, 2024. Ethan Hyman hyman@newsobserver.com Ban Congress from trading stocks? 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