STOCK Act

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) called for new leadership among House Democrats after a vote to ban congressional lawmakers from trading stocks was delayed in the lower chamber.

A non-partisan ethics watchdog organization demanded another investigation into Democrat Rep. Susie Lee’s (D-NV) stock transactions on Thursday for allegedly failing to properly disclose up to $155,000 in stock trades after previously failing to report up to $3.3 million in transitions on time.

Four Democrat House members may have violated the federal ethics law known as the STOCK Act of 2012, according to Business Insider, which reviewed the members’ financial disclosure forms.

An ethics expert raised concerns over Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-CO) recent comments during a television appearance where he seemed to imply that he makes financial investments based on actions taken in the U.S. Senate.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) voted on legislation to provide billions in subsidies to boost chip manufacturing while holding up to $25,00,000 in stocks for Nvidia Corporation, according to financial disclosures, a holding of hers that has increased up to 400 percent since she first reported holding up to $5 million in the stock.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) abruptly exited her weekly press conference on Thursday after being asked about her husband’s questionable stock transactions; at the same time, the Senate was readying a vote that would directly benefit the industry he invested in.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) urged Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) to hold a hearing calling for legislation to ban lawmakers and their spouses from stock trading, Breitbart News can exclusively reveal.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) appears to have violated a federal conflict-of-interest law, known as the STOCK Act of 2012, by waiting almost a year to disclose a stock trade, according to Business Insider.

A non-partisan ethics watchdog organization demanded an investigation into Democrat Sen. John Hickenlooper’s (D-CO) stock transactions after he allegedly failed to disclose numerous stock transactions made by his spouse between March and November 2021 in the timeframe required by federal law.

A non-partisan ethics watchdog organization demanded another investigation into Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi’s (D-NY) stock transactions on Friday for allegedly failing to disclose up to $515,000 in stocks over a month late after previously failing to report transitions up to four years late.

Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) voted for legislation that gave Intel billions in subsidies shortly after his family purchased over $250,000 worth of the company’s stock. 

Vulnerable Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Tuesday said lawmakers should “consider a different job” if allowing “a ban on individual stock trading by Members of Congress is a dealbreaker,” potentially calling out fellow vulnerable Democrat and member of the Virginia delegation, Rep. Elaine Luria, said the “concept” of banning lawmakers from trading stocks “bullshit” earlier this year.

Hawaii Democrat Rep. Kai Kahele has avoided voting in-person “due to the ongoing public health emergency” since January in Washington, DC while collecting his salary as a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, an international airline that lobbies Congress for legislation he has jurisdiction over.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, demanded an investigation into Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi’s (D-NY) stock transactions after he allegedly failed to disclose up to $885,000 in stocks between 2017 and 2021, which possibly presented a conflict of interest.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, filed a complaint on Friday with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) requesting an investigation into Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) for allegedly violating House Ethics rules that prohibit members from using official taxpayer-funded resources for political purposes.

Jesse Jensen, a former Army Ranger and president of Task Force Argo looking to unseat Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) in the midterms, slammed her corruption and voting record in Congress during his appearance on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday this past weekend.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) denies owning individual stocks despite disclosing multimillion-dollar stock purchases to the Senate Ethics Committee. 

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, demanded an investigation into Democrat Rep. Kathy Manning’s (D-NC) stock transactions after she allegedly failed to disclose up to $1.25 million in stocks adequately and possibly presented a conflict of interest.

An ethics watchdog organization called for an investigation into Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) for allegedly violating federal conflict of interest law. 

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, demanded an investigation into vulnerable Democrat and House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kurt Schrader’s (D-OR) stock transactions after he allegedly failed to adequately disclose up to tens of thousands of dollars in stocks violating federal law.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House Republicans’ campaign arm released a campaign ad on Wednesday targeting Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) for his stock trading hypocrisy.

Democrat incumbent Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) is tied with potential Republican challenger Tom Kean, Jr., in a hypothetical matchup, according to the poll taken by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) Research on behalf of the Democrat’s campaign.

An ethics watchdog organization asked the U.S. Department of Energy Inspector General to investigate President Joe Biden’s Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, for allegedly violating federal conflict of interest law.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), the only remaining congressional Democrat from Iowa, flip-flopped on banning members of Congress from trading stocks after failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock trades and previously coming out against the ban.

An anonymous former advisor to Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria trashed the congresswoman’s political judgment as “tone-deaf” after saying a ban on congressional members trading stocks is “bullshit.”

Embattled Democrats Reps. Cindy Axne (D-IA) and Elaine Luria (D-VA) this week have fought to preserve their ability to trade stocks as seated members of Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday placed a condition on banning congressional lawmakers from trading stocks.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has reportedly begun weighing whether to ban congressional lawmakers from stock trading, flip-flopping from her December position.

Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) allegedly violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act by failing to disclose his wife’s $1.5 million stock payout, according to Business Insider.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) stock trades have reportedly become of great interest to those in January looking to beat the market.

President Joe Biden’s energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, reportedly violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, according to a Business Insider analysis of her financial disclosure documents.

Congress beat the market, on average, with its millions of dollars of trades in 2021, according to watchdog organization Unusual Whales. 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) may ban lawmakers from holding or trading stocks if he wins the speaker’s gavel in November. 

Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Monday admitted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband’s stock trading activity sways her legislative judgment.

Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) reiterated his 2020 pledge to stop trading stocks after violating the STOCK Act when he disclosed his wife’s ExxonMobil trades a week late and received an ethics complaint stating he knew about the trades days before grilling the oil company’s CEO

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization, demanded an investigation into House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kim Schrier’s (D-WA) stock transactions after she allegedly failed to adequately disclose up to one million dollars in Apple stock sales, allegedly violating federal law.