The legislation is trying to stop insider trading by legislators. Stock market reform could mitigate much of it (although I don't know that it's something that

The legislation is trying to stop insider trading by legislators. Stock market reform could mitigate much of it (although I don't know that it's something that causes any kind of real-world harm, it provides incentives for legislators to do even more unethical things, like manipulating the markets). Removing money from politics is much, much broader and way more complicated.