 A bipartisan group of senators wants to bar members of Congress and other elected officials from trading stocks while in office. The legislation led by Missouri Republican Josh Hawley and Michigan Democrat Gary Peters would prohibit lawmakers from buying stocks 90 days after the bill is enacted. Congress should not be here to make a buck. Congress should be here to serve the American people. There is no reason why members of Congress ought to be profiting off of the information that only they get, that the rest of the American people don't get.