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Senators Launch New Effort to Ban Federal Elected Officials Profiting from Prediction Markets
(www.merkley.senate.gov)
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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Sadly I believe this is because a blanket insider trading ban for Congress would be a non starter. Most of them are there for that exact reason imo, the corpo pac bribes are just a bonus that is helpful in guiding policy when they have to do actual “work”
Until I saw your comment, my (flippant) response to the person you replied was going to be “Because Congress hasn’t figured out how to use Polymarket.”
Which is a far less eloquent corollary to your comment.