Search 95,501 Congressional Stock Trades
Every STOCK Act disclosure from 2016 through last week. Search by member, party, state, sector, and amount. See who traded what—and when—mapped against every vote they cast.
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95,501 trades. 336 members. Searchable by name, party, state, sector.
$174,000 salary.
$5.3 billion traded.
$955 saved.
$5.3 billion traded.
$955 saved.
95,501 stock trades exposed • 336 members of Congress
They Earn $174,000. They Traded $5.3 Billion. You Have $955.
Members of Congress earn $174,000 a year. Their stock trading volume: $5.3 billion. The median American has $955 saved for retirement. We built a database of every trade. Here’s what we found—and why the proposed “ban” is designed to fail.
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$174K salary. $17K in free health insurance. A guaranteed pension. 239 days off. Compare it to what you get.
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$5.3B
Total congressional stock trading volume in the database
7,266x
McCaul’s (R-TX) stock trading volume vs. his $174K salary
$955
Median American retirement savings (NIRS, 2026)
$200
Fine for Congress members who violate STOCK Act disclosure rules
4,436
Trade-vote correlations found. 600 scored highly suspicious. Zero charges filed.
1,692
Congressional trades in April 2025—the all-time record. “Liberation Day.”
$7.25
Federal minimum wage. Unchanged since 2009. Worth $4.90 after inflation.
67
Members who traded simultaneously after classified COVID briefings in 2020