To ban stock trading and prediction market participation for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, suspend pay for Members of Congress during shutdowns, establish term limits for Congress, establish term limits and ethics rules for the Supreme Court, reform the presidential pardon power, revoke the statute of limitations for the President and Vice President, strengthen the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses, overturn Citizens United, ban dark money, corporate PACS, and partisan gerrymandering, end voter suppression, and restrict government pensions for felony convictions and lawsuits by the President, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 9, 2026
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 9222, the "Drain the Swamp Act," is a comprehensive ethics and voting reform bill that addresses government accountability, campaign finance transparency, voting rights, and redistricting standards. The bill restricts senior federal officials and members of Congress from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval (enforced through civil and criminal penalties), prohibits them from trading in political prediction markets, and establishes new rules for legal expense funds, inaugural committee donations, and disclosures of payments to the President. Additionally, the legislation significantly strengthens voting rights protections by expanding federal oversight of states with recent voting discrimination violations, requiring preclearance approval before voting changes in jurisdictions with substantial minority populations, and establishing strict redistricting criteria that prohibit partisan gerrymandering and limit states to one redistricting cycle per decade. The bill also enhances campaign finance disclosure requirements, mandating that organizations spending over $10,000 on campaign activities disclose their beneficial owners, major donors, and spending within 24 hours of disclosure deadlines. Implementation timelines vary across provisions, with some requirements taking effect immediately upon enactment while others, such as the new Office of Government Ethics rules on legal expense funds, must be established within one year.
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