Money unites: Republicans and Democrats find rare bipartisanship over stocks

Despite wide public support for banning lawmakers from trading stocks, members of both parties have expressed anxiety about the idea

Nancy Pelosi likely did not expect to set off such a firestorm with her use of three words: free market economy.

When the House speaker was asked in December whether she supports proposals to ban members and their spouses from trading individual stocks, she said no. We're a free market economy," Pelosi said. They should be able to participate in that."