Team — the response to last week's launch has been incredible, and I am so, so grateful.
But I didn't launch Equal Opportunity Now just to talk about the big picture. I launched it because there are specific fights that define whether government works for the people or the powerful — and I want to tell you about one I've been waging for years.
Here's something that should make your blood boil.
Members of Congress get access to sensitive, nonpublic information every single day. Classified briefings. Closed-door hearings. Early intelligence on economic shifts that could move markets.
And then some of them go home and trade stocks on this insider information.
I've been fighting to end this for years.
I introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading Act to prohibit Members of Congress from abusing their positions for personal financial gain through trading individual stocks. I've reintroduced it. I've built bipartisan coalitions around it. An overwhelming 86 percent of Americans from both parties support banning members from trading and owning stocks — 88 percent of Democrats, 87 percent of Republicans, and 81 percent of independents.
And yet it still hasn't passed. Because the people who benefit from the current system are the same people who decide what comes to a vote.
This is exactly what Equal Opportunity Now exists to change. We need leaders at every level of government who believe that public service means serving the public — not their portfolios. Leaders who will walk in the door on day one and fight for accountability, transparency, and a government that working families can actually trust.
That fight starts with you.
Will you chip in $25 or $50 to Equal Opportunity Now today to help us elect the honest, accountable leaders this moment demands?
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