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The Senate has a new plan to ban congressional stock trading. Here's what's in it.
A key Senate committee marked up new legislation that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks. Now …
Bryan Metzger
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Rep. Byron Donalds didn't properly disclose up to $1.6 million in stock trades, violating federal law
Donalds' failure to properly report up to $1.6 million in stock trades is notable, given his suppor…
Bryan Metzger
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A Republican congressman who wants the government to spend more money on defense just bought stock in two defense contractors
Rep. Kevin Hern — chair of the Republican Study Committee's Budget and Spending Task Force — called…
Madison Hall
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Congressional investigators find 'substantial reason to believe' Republican Reps. Pat Fallon and John Rutherford violated a federal stock law
Independent congressional investigators said Fallon and Rutherford were uncooperative. The House Et…
Kimberly Leonard
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Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas appears to violate a federal conflict-of-interest law with late disclosure of a mining stock sale
Gonzalez is one of 65 members of Congress who have violated the STOCK Act, a federal conflict-of-in…
Madison Hall
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Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal is one of Congress' most active stock traders, and he just violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law. Again.
Congress is actively debating whether to ban members of Congress from buying and selling individual…
Dave Levinthal
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Democratic Sen. Tom Carper violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law by failing to properly disclose his wife's gold mining investment
At least 60 members of Congress have now violated the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowled…
Dave Levinthal
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I'm a 17-year-old high school student who can't vote. Here's why I built a system to track Congress' troubling stock trades.
Since the STOCK Act's passage, several senators have been accused of wrongdoing and investigated, b…
George McCain
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A Republican senator who helps oversee military policy just sold up to $100,000 worth of defense contractor Lockheed Martin stock
Sen. Deb Fischer, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, made at least $10,000 from the…
Madison Hall
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Traders have invested $55 million using an app that helps them copy congressional stock portfolios
Autopilot users have invested around $55 million copying the stock portfolios of members of Congres…
Madison Hall
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A potential successor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly stopped trading stocks as her colleagues debate whether to ban lawmakers from playing the market
Rep. Katherine Clark is the assistant speaker of the US House and a potential candidate to succeed …
Dave Levinthal
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A new AI-powered tool could revolutionize how lawmakers are held accountable for insider trading
PoliWatch collects congressional stock trades, hearing schedules, committee assignments, and more t…
Madison Hall
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Tim Walz doesn't own any stocks: What to know about Kamala Harris' running mate's personal finances
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's financial disclosures reveal a man of relatively modest means.
Bryan Metzger
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Biden and Trump both want you to ignore the obvious
President Joe Biden wants voters to look past criticisms of his age and ability — a strategy simila…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert,…
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Nancy Pelosi's primary challenger is taking her to task for embracing congressional stock trading as he tries to unseat the 18-term Democrat
Shahid Buttar has unsuccessfully challenged Pelosi twice before. This time, he thinks widespread an…
Warren Rojas
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Senate Democratic leaders are now open to a congressional stock trading ban after initial reluctance
Restricting members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks is supported by a large m…
Bryan Metzger,Kimberly Leonard
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Democrats' choice to replace George Santos is lukewarm on abortion, violated federal law over 300 times with his stock trades, and once said Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill is 'common sense'
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, a more moderate Democrat, previously launched an unsuccessful bid for gover…
Bryan Metzger
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Republican Rep. Pete Sessions opposes a congressional stock trade ban. His own trades appear to violate a federal conflicts-of-interest law, new documents show.
A stock trade ban for members of Congress is the subject of a March 16 congressional hearing as Dem…
Kimberly Leonard
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Senate Democrats laugh off Trump's endorsement of banning congressional stock trading. But there's still no consensus on passing their proposals in the lame duck session.
Democrats may be stuck on how to get a congressional stock trading ban across the finish line. But …
Warren Rojas
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Congress makes it nearly impossible to investigate whether its aides are violating financial conflict-of-interest laws. We went and did it anyway.
Insider spent hundreds of hours investigating whether Capitol Hill aides are breaking the law. The …