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The Senate has approved a bipartisan measure banning members and their staff from using insider information to profit on prediction market platforms, marking a rare unanimous action that took effect immediately. The rule change was adopted before lawmakers left Washington for a weeklong recess.
The measure, pushed by Sen. Bernie Moreno, prevents senators and their aides from placing bets on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi. These platforms allow users to wager on real-world events, including elections, geopolitical developments, and other high-impact outcomes.
Moreno said the effort aims to eliminate potential conflicts of interest and restore public trust in Congress. “I don’t believe we should trade stocks at all. It’s completely insane,” Moreno said. “I think we should focus on our jobs and have our voters go, ‘Hey, this guy’s voting this way, because this is the right thing for the state,’” he said.
The rule change passed unanimously and immediately amended Senate ethics rules, requiring no action from the House or the president. It applies specifically to senators and Senate staff.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the move on the Senate floor and urged the House to adopt a similar standard. “Speaker Johnson should immediately do the same thing in the House,” Schumer said.
There is already an effort underway in the House to mirror the Senate’s action. Rep. Ashley Hinson is leading a push for comparable legislation, as part of a broader conversation about ethics and financial activity by lawmakers.
The move comes as Congress has struggled to reach consensus on other reforms, including proposals to ban stock trading by members while in office. Advocates of the new rule argue that prediction markets present a similar risk, particularly for officials with access to sensitive or nonpublic information.
Industry leaders have also expressed support for the change. Polymarket said it backs efforts to codify restrictions into law, noting that its own policies already prohibit insider trading.
“Happy to help move this forward however we can,” the company said in a statement.
Tarek Mansour, co-founder of Kalshi, also called for broader adoption of the rule. He said the company already blocks members of Congress from participating and enforces policies against insider trading.
“This is a great step to increase trust in our markets by making it an industry standard,” Mansour said.
The House must follow the Senate’s lead and ban all members and their staffs from gambling on prediction markets.
Americans did not send us to Washington to bet on their problems. They sent us to fix them.
No betting on our budgets. No wagering on war. No gambling on…
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 4, 2026
Proud to say my bill to ban members of Congress from insider trading on prediction markets just passed the Senate UNANIMOUSLY!
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a side hustle. Americans deserve to know that their leaders are here for the right reason!
— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) April 30, 2026
Despite bipartisan support in the Senate, the rule applies only within that chamber, leaving House members and other government officials outside its scope for now. Lawmakers pushing for expanded measures say further action will be needed to address those gaps.
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The Senate’s decision represents a rare moment of agreement on ethics reform, but its broader impact will depend on whether similar restrictions are adopted across the federal government.
Despite unanimous support in the Senate, the rule leaves key gaps. It does not apply to members of the House, executive branch officials, or the broader federal workforce, all of whom may also have access to sensitive or market-moving information.
Sens. Todd Young and Elissa Slotkin have introduced separate legislation that would extend restrictions across the federal government. Their proposal would prohibit officials from using insider information to place prediction market bets.
BOMBSHELL — Senate Votes 50-49 on SAVE America Act
THE RECONCILIATION SHOWDOWN: SAVE America Act Secures Historical Senate Majority in Late-Night Vote-a-Rama, Exposing Radical Procedural Rift
WASHINGTON, D.C. — JUNE 9, 2026 — The high-stakes legislative trench warfare over the future of American election security has just experienced a seismic shift, culminating in a dramatic late-night showdown that shattered partisan fault lines on Capitol Hill.
What happens when an unyielding election integrity package secures a historic, raw majority in the United States Senate, yet remains aggressively bottlenecked by entrenched procedural rules? For advocates of absolute border and ballot verification, the answer is an agonizing turning point. The SAVE America Act has officially secured majority support in the U.S. Senate during a high-velocity, late-night voting session on Thursday—marking a monumental victory for election integrity advocates despite falling short of the strict 60 votes required to dismantle Senate procedural hurdles.
The high-threshold clash detonated during the Senate’s grueling marathon “vote-a-rama” session on June 4. Moving with absolute administrative lethality, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) forcefully maneuvered to lock down a clean vote on the House-passed version of the SAVE America Act. The sweeping legislation would mandate strict documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for all federal voter registrations and aggressively fortify voter identification requirements nationwide.
I. THE BUDGETARY BARRICADE: THE 50-49 TALLY
When the dust settled in the chamber, the amendment successfully passed by a definitive vote of 50-49, sending shockwaves through the progressive wing by giving the hardline measure an authentic majority in the upper house.
However, because the proposal was introduced as a waiver to stringent budget rules within the complex reconciliation process, Senate rules mandated a three-fifths supermajority—an absolute 60-vote threshold—for formal adoption. In a calculated display of total partisan obstruction, every single Senate Democrat voted in lockstep against the amendment, successfully preventing it from reaching the necessary numbers for passage.
Despite being blocked, the final 50-49 count represents a spectacular operational improvement from an earlier election-integrity amendment pushed by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Graham's previous proposal had crashed in a humiliating 48-50 defeat after four high-profile Republican senators crossed the aisle to join Democrats in active opposition.
II. THE DEFECTION MATRIX AND COLLINS’ REVERSAL
The strategic differences between the two amendments reveal a calculated internal maneuvering within the Republican conference. Graham’s broader, more complex proposal included sweeping, additional provisions that went far beyond the clean, House-passed version of the SAVE Act—including controversial restrictions regarding transgender athletes' participation in sports.
That added weight initially alienated key centrist Republicans. Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina all voted to kill Graham’s version.
However, the political equation altered permanently when Lee isolated the legislation down to the clean House bill. Confronted with the unadulterated text, Collins executed a rapid tactical shift, abandoning the holdouts to join the rest of the unified Republican conference in absolute support of the measure.
In contrast, Murkowski, McConnell, and Tillis dug in their heels, continuing to oppose the clean amendment even as it surged to its final 50-49 victory.
THE MATRICES OF THE CONGESTED SENATE LEDGER
* THE CLEAN BALLOT SURGE: Senator Mike Lee commands a 50-49 majority victory.
* THE TIE-BREAKER PROTOCOL: Vice President JD Vance stood ready to cast the 51st vote.
* THE CENTRIST REVISION: Susan Collins switches to "YES" on the clean House version.
* THE IMMIGRATION CASUALTY: $70 Billion border security bill advances stripped of the SAVE Act.
The final 50-49 tally mathematically demonstrates that supporters of the SAVE Act can officially assemble a functional Senate majority behind the legislation, even if they lack the supermajority dictated by current Senate rules.
Furthermore, Vice President JD Vance—who serves as President of the Senate and holds the constitutional power to cast tie-breaking votes—was physically available in the chamber if needed, meaning supporters effectively proved they could command 51 votes in favor of the security transformation.
III. THE FILIBUSTER EMERGENCY: THUNE EXPOSES THE WALL
Supporters of the legislation argue with data-driven precision that requiring documentary proof of citizenship via birth certificates or passports is the ultimate mechanism to ensure only eligible citizens participate in federal contests, instantly spiking public confidence in election outcomes.
Unsurprisingly, the SAVE America Act has transformed into one of the Republican Party’s absolute top priorities heading into the volatile 2026 midterm elections, backed by intense endorsements from President Donald Trump, Vice President Vance, and conservative advocacy groups. Conversely, unified progressive opponents claim that existing legal frameworks already stop non-citizens from voting, arguing that additional paperwork mandates create unfair barriers for eligible voters.
The high-stakes voting session has also intensely magnified the nationwide debate surrounding the controversial Senate filibuster. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has frequently cited the 60-vote cloture requirement as the supreme, unyielding obstacle preventing the passage of critical election-related legislation, noting that Democrats remain completely unified in blocking the measure.
THE FINAL VERDICT
Thursday night’s vote-a-rama reinforced that cold institutional reality. Although the America First coalition successfully captured a true majority of the chamber, they remained exactly 10 votes short of the threshold required to overcome procedural objections and permanently attach the voting limits to the broader reconciliation package.
As a direct consequence, lawmakers expect the underlying, massive $70 billion immigration enforcement and border security legislation to advance through the pipeline without the SAVE Act provisions included in the final text.
Still, Republicans have quickly weaponized the 50-49 tally as definitive evidence that the legislation enjoys majority support within the Senate. The outcome places renewed, high-threshold attention on Senate rules and whether Republican lawmakers will seek alternative, aggressive strategies to bypass the filibuster in the future. For now, the SAVE America Act remains procedurally blocked—but the political warfare over who controls the rules of American voting has just entered a dangerous new phase.
