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These 97 Members of Congress Reported Trades in Companies Influenced by Their Committees [1]

['Alicia Parlapiano', 'Adam Playford', 'Kate Kelly', 'Ege Uz']

Date: 2022-09-13  

These 97 Members of Congress Reported Trades in Companies Influenced by Their Committees

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At least 97 current members of Congress bought or sold stock, bonds or other financial assets that intersected with their congressional work or reported similar transactions by their spouse or a dependent child, an analysis by The New York Times has found.

U.S. lawmakers are not banned from investing in any company, including those that could be affected by their decisions. But the trading patterns uncovered by the Times analysis underscore longstanding concerns about the potential for conflicts of interest or use of inside information by members of Congress, government ethics experts say.

Times reporters analyzed transactions between 2019 and 2021 using a database of members’ financial filings called Capitol Trades created by 2iQ Research. They matched the trades against relevant committee assignments and the dates of hearings and congressional investigations.

When contacted, many of the lawmakers said the trades they reported had been carried out independently by a spouse or a broker with no input from them. Some have since sold all their stocks or moved them into blind trusts. Two said the trades were accidental.

Here’s everything The Times’s analysis turned up.

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Show me: All Democrats Republicans Senators Representatives Most frequent traders Highest rate of potential conflicts Traded during an investigation Said trades were unintentional Said they later sold all stocks Opened or opening blind trust Top congressional leaders

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/13/us/politics/congress-members-stock-trading-list.html

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