民主党人否决该法案，称其力度不够，并且该法案与选民身份验证规则捆绑在一起。
Democrats block measure they say didn’t go far enough – and was bundled with ‘poison pill’ voter ID rules The US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican bill restricting stock trading by members of Congress, after Democrats refused to advance a measure they said would let lawmakers keep their portfolios and was bundled with voter ID rules they called a “poison pill”.
周三，美国参议院否决了共和党提出的限制国会议员股票交易的法案，因为民主党人拒绝推进这项他们认为可以让议员保留个人投资组合的法案。该法案还附带了民主党人称为‘毒药丸’的选民身份验证规则。
投票结果为53票赞成、47票反对，未能达到启动《禁止内幕交易法案》辩论所需的60票门槛。
The 53-47 vote fell seven short of the 60 needed to open debate on the Stop Insider Trading Act, which the Republican-controlled House passed in July.
这项由共和党控制的众议院在7月通过的法案，所有民主党人和独立议员都投了反对票。此次失败发生在11月3日中期选举前的五周。」}{
Every Democrat and independent voted no, and the failure comes five weeks before the 3 November midterms.