Behavior

Members of Congress Trading Stocks in Industries They Regulate

STOCK Act disclosures reveal how members of Congress buy and sell stocks — sometimes in industries their committees directly oversee.

STOCK Act periodic transaction reports (House & Senate)

Total Trades Disclosed

61.5K

Members Who Traded

392

Unique Tickers

3.9K

Members of Congress are required to disclose stock trades under the STOCK Act. Our data shows 392 members have disclosed a total of 61,507 trades across 3,931 unique tickers.

The most active trader is Josh Gottheimer (house) with 3,515 trades across 528 different tickers.

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Most Active Congressional Traders

Trend

Trades by Year

Breakdown

Transaction Types

Recent Trades

#MemberTickerTypeDateAmount
1Pete SessionsIBMPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
2Virginia FoxxMMPPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
3Virginia FoxxNEWTPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
4Steve CohenSONYPurchase$1,001 - $15,000
5Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
6Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
7Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
8Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
9Shelley M CapitoITWSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
10Sheldon WhitehouseHDSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
11Sheldon WhitehousePEPSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
12Sheldon WhitehouseVZSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
13Sheldon WhitehouseMASale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
14Sheldon WhitehousePEPSale (Partial)$1,001 - $15,000
15Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
16Steve CohenPurchase$250,001 - $500,000
17Steve CohenPurchase$250,001 - $500,000
18Kelly Louise MorrisonPurchase$15,001 - $50,000
19Shelley M CapitoPAYXSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000
20Donald Sternoff BeyerPurchase$15,001 - $50,000

Methodology

This analysis uses publicly available data from STOCK Act periodic transaction reports (House & Senate). Time range: All available disclosure years. All figures are aggregated from raw filings and may differ from other sources due to entity resolution, deduplication, and coverage differences. Data is refreshed periodically from official sources.

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