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  "id": 10993540,
  "title": "Democrats block bill restricting lawmakers from trading stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/democrats-block-bill-restricting-lawmakers-from-trading-stocks",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:56:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6120528-senate-blocks-gop-stock-bill/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill sponsored by vulnerable GOP incumbent Pete Ricketts (Neb.) to restrict members of Congress from buying new stocks of publicly traded companies, arguing the legislation didn’t go far enough to crack down on possible corruption. The Stop Insider Trading Act failed by a vote of 53-47. No Democrat voted...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Senate expected to vote on stock trading ban, data center bill before election recess",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-expected-to-vote-on-stock-trading-ban-data-center-bill-before",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:19:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Senate is set to vote on a stock-trading ban and data center bill before election recess",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-is-set-to-vote-on-a-stock-trading-ban-and-data-center-bill",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:10:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Senate Democrats block bill to limit lawmakers' stock trades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-democrats-block-bill-to-limit-lawmakers-stock-trades",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:55:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}