The House Administration Committee could hold a hearing next week on congressional stock trading, reopening a deeply contentious issue on Capitol Hill and potentially paving the way for action on a bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks.
Three people granted anonymity to describe the tentative plans ahead of a formal announcement said the panel is targeting the latter half of next week for the hearing, which would focus on general developments around lawmakers’ stock trading since Congress passed legislation in 2012 outlawing member trading on insider information.
The timing is dependent on how quickly the House can approve the…
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