Our comparative validation confirms that ETHICS (H.R. 4890) and HONEST (S. 1498) aim at the same ethical horizon yet travel different routes. ETHICS enforces divestiture through legislative ethics bodies; HONEST frames executive-branch accountability through OGE oversight and an immediate-term trading ban. Our findings surface the ETF carve-out and the grandfathering window as twin structural loopholes that keep “ownership vs trading” conflicts alive. Integrity’s conclusion: only a hybrid model—LIAA’s blind-trust standard + 7-day machine-readable disclosure—closes both lanes and delivers functional parity between branches. This synthesis now underpins our framing: coalition partners can cite it as independent confirmation that incremental fixes leave systemic conflict intact.
40% of congressional freshmen made conflicted trades in 2025. That’s on-boarding corruption. Public service should mean serving the public, not your portfolio.
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