Joseph Zeballos-Roig 5 min read The House earlier this week passed legislation that would set new restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children. It doesn't seem likely to cross beyond the Senate with critics deriding the measure as an inadequate one that contains "loopholes" and unrelated voting restrictions.

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According to rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are mostly lower compared to last week. The current 30-year fixed rate rose by 24.