Politics & Government
Here Are The 97 People In Congress With Questionable Stock Trades: NYT
A New York Times investigation details sales of stock, bonds and other financial assets that may have been influenced by committee work.
ACROSS AMERICA — A New York Times investigation published Tuesday raises conflict-of-interest questions about whether 97 sitting members of Congress acted on insider information from their committee work when they or immediate family members sold stock, bonds or other financial assets.
Despite their extensive access to information, members of Congress can buy and sell stock with few restrictions. The Times said the officials cited in the report defended the transactions as proper.
The newspaper analyzed nearly 3,700 trades reported by lawmakers from both parties that posed potential conflicts between their public responsibilities and private finances over a three-year period from 2019-2019.
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In some cases, The Times said, transactions were routine with only a tangential connection to any influence the lawmaker might have had on an issue, but in others, the connection was more blatant.
Congress has long been criticized for not imposing stricter regulations on stock trading by its members, despite the potential for conflicts of interest.
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Below is the full list of lawmakers named in The Times investigation. For more on their possible conflicts of interest, read the full investigation on The New York Times.
Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA)
Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-VA)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
Sen. Richard M. Burr (R-NC)
Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Rep. Katherine M. Clark (D-MA)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Rep. James R. Comer (R-KY)
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)
Rep. Daniel Crenshaw (R-TX)
Rep. John Curtis (R-UT)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Rep. Louis Frankel (D-FL)
Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Rep. Mark E. Green (R-TN)
Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS)
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK)
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Rep. William Keating (D-MA)
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Sen. Angus King (I-ME)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT)
Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Rep. Billy Long (R-MO)
Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC)
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-VA)
Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV)
Rep. Dan Meuser (D–PA)
Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV)
Rep. Blake D. Moore (R-UT)
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL)
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Rep. John W. Rose (R-TN)
Rep. Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL)
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)
Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Rep. Rob. Wittman (R-VA)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
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