{"id":88292,"date":"2026-05-01T03:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=88292"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:27:38","slug":"senate-bans-members-from-betting-on-prediction-markets-such-as-polymarket-kalshi-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=88292","title":{"rendered":"Senate Bans Members From Betting On Prediction Markets Such As Polymarket, Kalshi With Immediate Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Senate unanimously passed on Thursday a resolution introduced by\u00a0Sen. <strong>Bernie Moreno<\/strong>\u00a0(R-Ohio) that bans\u00a0Senators, Officers, and staff from\u00a0participating in prediction markets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senate Says No To Prediction Market Wagering<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate agreed to pass the resolution \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d according to an update on\u00a0Moreno\u2019s official Senate website.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution alters the Senate\u2019s standing rules, preventing lawmakers from entering financial agreements\u00a0where the \u201coutcome depends on whether a specific event does or does not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServing in Congress should never be about finding new ways to profit; it should be about delivering results for the American people,\u201d said Moreno. \u201cSenators have no business engaging in speculative activities like prediction markets while collecting a taxpayer-funded paycheck, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"bz-read-next-block\"><\/div>\n<p>     data-variant=&#8221;card&#8221;<br \/>\n     data-news-mode=&#8221;manual&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    &gt;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><br \/>\nRead Also:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/04\/51756460\/white-house-warns-staff-against-prediction-market-insider-trading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nWhite House Warns Staff Against Prediction Market Insider Trading<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate unanimously passed on Thursday a resolution introduced by\u00a0Sen. Bernie Moreno\u00a0(R-Ohio) that bans\u00a0Senators, Officers, and staff from\u00a0participating in prediction markets. Senate Says No To Prediction Market Wagering The Senate agreed to pass the resolution \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d according to an update on\u00a0Moreno\u2019s official Senate website. The resolution alters the Senate\u2019s standing rules, preventing lawmakers from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-88292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}