{
 "id": "congress-trading",
 "title": "Congress stock trading: how much, which stocks, how late",
 "question": "How often do members of Congress trade stocks, and how late do they report it?",
 "headline": "In the 90 days to Oct 15, 2026, 36 members of Congress disclosed 655 stock trades. The median trade was disclosed 47 days after it happened, and 6 of the 36 members disclosed at least one trade after the 45-day limit set by the STOCK Act. One filer, Alan Armstrong, accounted for 48% of the trades; without them the median delay was 23 days.",
 "as_of": "2026-10-15",
 "tiles": [
  {
   "label": "Trades disclosed, 90 days",
   "value": "655"
  },
  {
   "label": "Members trading, 90 days",
   "value": "36"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median days to disclose",
   "value": "47"
  },
  {
   "label": "Trades disclosed after 45 days",
   "value": "51%"
  }
 ],
 "tables": [
  {
   "title": "Most traded stocks by members of Congress, last 90 days",
   "columns": [
    "Ticker",
    "Trades",
    "Purchases",
    "Sales"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "MSFT",
     19,
     8,
     11
    ],
    [
     "AAPL",
     14,
     5,
     9
    ],
    [
     "HD",
     11,
     3,
     8
    ],
    [
     "BRK.B",
     7,
     6,
     1
    ],
    [
     "IBM",
     7,
     3,
     4
    ],
    [
     "AMAT",
     6,
     5,
     1
    ],
    [
     "CSCO",
     6,
     1,
     5
    ],
    [
     "GS",
     6,
     4,
     2
    ],
    [
     "JNJ",
     6,
     3,
     3
    ],
    [
     "MIDD",
     6,
     0,
     6
    ],
    [
     "TDY",
     6,
     0,
     6
    ],
    [
     "VIK",
     6,
     0,
     6
    ],
    [
     "LIN",
     5,
     2,
     3
    ],
    [
     "AVGO",
     5,
     4,
     1
    ],
    [
     "GOOG",
     5,
     4,
     1
    ]
   ]
  },
  {
   "title": "Month by month (by filing date)",
   "columns": [
    "Month",
    "Trades",
    "Members",
    "Median days to disclose",
    "Late share"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "September 2026",
     164,
     19,
     "23",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "August 2026",
     113,
     23,
     "18",
     "15%"
    ],
    [
     "July 2026",
     413,
     24,
     "116",
     "75%"
    ],
    [
     "June 2026",
     58,
     14,
     "14",
     "26%"
    ],
    [
     "May 2026",
     236,
     29,
     "28",
     "2%"
    ],
    [
     "April 2026",
     241,
     30,
     "25",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "March 2026",
     287,
     31,
     "27",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "February 2026",
     208,
     25,
     "23",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "January 2026",
     515,
     33,
     "33",
     "40%"
    ],
    [
     "December 2025",
     532,
     24,
     "28",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "November 2025",
     543,
     28,
     "21",
     "1%"
    ],
    [
     "October 2025",
     417,
     32,
     "17",
     "6%"
    ],
    [
     "September 2025",
     533,
     24,
     "30",
     "35%"
    ],
    [
     "August 2025",
     312,
     25,
     "40",
     "36%"
    ],
    [
     "July 2025",
     151,
     24,
     "27",
     "13%"
    ],
    [
     "June 2025",
     384,
     23,
     "41",
     "3%"
    ],
    [
     "May 2025",
     783,
     30,
     "30",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "April 2025",
     467,
     33,
     "25",
     "2%"
    ],
    [
     "March 2025",
     292,
     23,
     "29",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "February 2025",
     221,
     23,
     "24",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "January 2025",
     157,
     23,
     "19",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "December 2024",
     112,
     19,
     "23",
     "0%"
    ],
    [
     "November 2024",
     119,
     22,
     "13",
     "1%"
    ],
    [
     "October 2024",
     49,
     16,
     "15",
     "0%"
    ]
   ]
  }
 ],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How long do members of Congress take to report stock trades?",
   "a": "In the 90 days to Oct 15, 2026, the median stock trade by a member of Congress was disclosed 47 days after the transaction. The STOCK Act requires disclosure within 45 days; 6 of the 36 members who traded reported at least one trade later than that. A single filer, Alan Armstrong, made 48% of the disclosures in the period."
  },
  {
   "q": "Which stocks do members of Congress trade most?",
   "a": "In the last 90 days the most frequently disclosed tickers were MSFT, AAPL, HD, BRK.B, IBM, based on periodic transaction reports filed with the House and Senate."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much money do members of Congress trade?",
   "a": "Disclosures give ranges, not exact amounts. Summing the ranges, trades disclosed in the 90 days to Oct 15, 2026 were worth between $13.4M and $51.3M."
  }
 ],
 "method": [
  "Source: periodic transaction reports from the House Clerk and the Senate Office of Public Records, collected and transcribed by Cluenex (including paper filings).",
  "Days to disclose = filing date minus transaction date. Trades are grouped by the month they were filed.",
  "Amounts are disclosed as ranges; totals sum the lower and upper bounds separately."
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "title": "House Financial Disclosure Reports",
   "url": "https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/FinancialDisclosure"
  },
  {
   "title": "Senate Financial Disclosures",
   "url": "https://efdsearch.senate.gov/"
  },
  {
   "title": "STOCK Act (Public Law 112-105)",
   "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2038"
  }
 ],
 "stats": {
  "trades_90d": "655",
  "members_90d": 36,
  "median_delay_days": "47",
  "late_share": "51%",
  "late_members": "6 of 36"
 },
 "related": [
  "/learn/markets/congress-stock-trading/"
 ],
 "generated_at": "2026-10-15T11:11:21+00:00",
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   "y": [
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    13.0,
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    30.0,
    41.0,
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  }
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}