A recent 60 Minutes piece showed that members of Congress can use the non-public information that they have access to as part of their jobs to make investments and stock market moves. It's called political insider trading – and it ought to be a crime. Our representatives shouldn't be able to amass personal fortunes by trading on non-public knowledge that could affect the future price of stocks.

The STOCK (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge) Act, which has been introduced in both the House and Senate and has bipartisan support, would outlaw insider trading by members of Congress.

Tell your Representatives and Senators that you want to see this bill come up for a vote before they adjourn in December! (December 12 update: This bill now has more than 220 co-sponsors in the House -- a majority -- so there is no reason for delay.)