STOCK Act

A congressman has disclosed buying Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) on four occasions in 2025, with some of the trades happening past the 45-day window, adding to the recent calls to ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks and other investments. What Happened: A bill that would ban members of...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on her past stock trading history and conflicts of interest during a congressional hearing Tuesday. What Happened: Granholm’s stock trading activity while serving as energy secretary continued to draw attention. Hawley...

The public's scrutiny of Congress members trading stocks and options has intensified as websites and social media increasingly broadcast the disclosed data. Calls to ban congressional members from trading stocks and options have increased, and legislation was recently introduced to enact...

Representative Robert Wittman (R-VA) is the vice-ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee and also serves on the Committee on Natural Resources. Wittman has been serving in various levels of government for more than 30 years and has served the First Congressional District of Virginia...

Congress members often make timely trades that benefit from new regulations and bills or vice versa. Oregon Democrat Kurt Schrader, who is also a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has made more than 400 trades in the past three years, with one of his top issuers being Exxon...

Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL) made more than 430 trades in the past three years, which are typically filed in the range of $1,000 to $15,000 in shares, according to Capitol Trades. Congresswoman Frankel typically files her trades as undisclosed and has sold more stocks than she ...

Members of U.S. Congress are permitted to buy and sell stocks and options in public companies as long as they publicly disclose their trades. The rule has come under scrutiny recently and became one of the focuses of the online platform Unusual Whales. Launching Unusual Whales: Founded in June...

The call for members of Congress to be banned from buying and selling stocks continues to heat up with a new report that seven members of the House of Representatives failed to disclose their stock trades. What Happened: An ethics group found that seven U.S. House of Representatives members...