{"id":617282,"date":"2026-06-20T21:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=824523"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:31:55","slug":"stop-lawmakers-from-predicting-gop-bill-targets-congress-betting-on-kalshi-and-polymarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/stop-lawmakers-from-predicting-gop-bill-targets-congress-betting-on-kalshi-and-polymarket\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stop Lawmakers From Predicting\u2019: GOP Bill Targets Congress Betting on Kalshi and Polymarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/crypto-tax-congress_nwmk-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shot of US Congress from a distance amidst a clear sky backdrop.\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Republican Rep. Bryan Steil has introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act, a bill that would bar House members, their spouses and their children from wagering on political and policy outcomes via prediction markets. A New Line Between Lawmaking and Betting Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, unveiled the measure [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. Bryan Steil has introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act, a bill that would bar House members, their spouses and their children from wagering on political and policy outcomes via prediction markets. A New Line Between Lawmaking and Betting Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, unveiled the measure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-617282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}