Congressional Stock Trading

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took a shot at former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her trading activities and investing performance over the years. Might Get Her To Run ‘Florida’s Pension Fund’ On Monday, responding to a news clipping spotlighting...

Editor’s Note: The headline in this story has been updated to fix a typographical error. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is lauding a new bipartisan effort to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, calling the move long overdue. ‘It’s About Time,’ Says...

The U.S. Congress is closer than ever to enacting a congressional stock trading ban as a bill on the matter cleared committee on Wednesday. A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal to advance the bill earlier in July. What Happened: The bill cleared the Senate Homeland Security &...

Energy stocks have been on a tear since giving up their August gains, they have now returned to October’s trading levels, as the SPDR Select Sector Fund - Energy Select Sector (ARCA: XLE) is down over 6% in the past month. Congressman Kevin Hern (R-OK) has made over 400 trades in the past...

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...

Congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon was last covered by Benzinga for his trades on Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) and SLB (NYSE: SLB), which were made on Oct. 13 and Oct. 26, respectively. Since those trades were made, Ameren has shown returns of roughly 15.6%, while SLB is down roughly 9.7%....

Congressman Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) has made over 300 trades in the past three years, including purchasing shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) on Oct. 11, worth between $15,000 to $50,000, per Capitol Trades. Suozzi purchased these shares for a cost basis of $57.63, and is already up...

The stock purchases of U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) were first covered by Benzinga on Oct. 4, revealing the congresswoman’s trades in Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE: PNC) which are up roughly 22.5% and 2.4%, respectively, since the...

Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA) has represented Pennsylvania's Third Congressional District since 2019, and has made over 70 trades in the past three years. His top two traded investments are Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (BATS: ARKG), according to Capitol...