Chuck Schumer Urges House and White House to Follow Senate in Prediction-Market Ban

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Days after the Senate banned its members and staffers from trading on prediction markets, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, N.Y.) on Sunday called on President Donald Trump, his Administration, and the House of Representatives to follow suit.

“We must never allow Congress to turn into a casino, and we shouldn’t let the White House, or the West Wing, be one either,” Schumer said in a statement.

The Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to change...