Current Law
This is the standard fine for a member of Congress who discloses their stock trades too late.
What is $200?
This former Speaker of the House and their spouse reportedly profited $130 million from stock trades during their tenure.
Who is Nanci Pelosi?
This state's legislature is known for being the first to pass a bill banning congressional stock trading.
What is California?
An analysis by The New York Times found a significant number of lawmakers traded stocks in companies related to their work on this congressional activity.
What is a congressional committee?
This President said he would "absolutely" sign a congressional stock trading ban?
Who is Donald Trump?
Members of Congress have this many days to file a disclosure report for stock trades over $1000.
What is 45 days?
This percentage of Americans support banning stock trading by members of Congress.
What is 86%?
This state's ethics commission has been known for enforcing rules on lawmakers' financial disclosures.
What is New York?
This type of support has helped drive congressional action on stock trading reform.
What is bipartisan support?
This is the number of members of congress that have been convicted of insider trading.
What is 0?
Existing laws prohibiting insider trading apply to this group of people, including members of Congress.
Who are public (government) officials?
In a 2024 study, researchers found that knowledge of Congressional Stock Trading increased this
What are perceptions of corruption?
Lawmakers from this state are required to put their investments in blind trusts.
What is Oregon?
This clause of the Constitution has made prosecuting members of Congress for insider trading particularly difficult.
What is the Speech or Debate Clause?
This President proposed increasing penalties for congressional insider trading.
Who is Joe Biden?
This act, signed into law in 2012, aimed to prevent insider trading in Congress but has been criticized for being ineffective.
What is the STOCK Act?
Some politicians argue a stock ban is unnecessary, claiming lawmakers already have this type of financial arrangement in place.
What is a blind trust?
This state's attorney general has vocally supported efforts to increase transparency in congressional stock trading.
What is Connecticut?
This congressional committee will hold a hearing on banning congressional stock trading.
What is the House Administration Committee?
This doctrine, which was overruled in a Supreme Court case in June 2024, holds that courts should defer to the interpretations of executive agencies, like the SEC, when they interpret ambiguous statutes.
What is Chevron deference?
Ethics officials can do this with the fines levied against members of Congress who violate the STOCK Act, making enforcement inconsistent.
What is waive them?
This proposed act was introduced to Congress in 2025 to "Prohibit all members of Congress, their spouses, dependent children, and their trustees from owning, buying or selling individual stocks, securities, commodities, or futures."
What is the Restore Trust in Congress Act?
This state's legislature has passed a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to pass the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act.
What is Vermont?
Some members of Congress oppose changing the current law, which allows them to trade individual stocks, citing this concern.
What is the deterring of qualified candidates for office?
This constitutional provision is at the heart of debates about congressional stock trading regulations and the separation of powers.
What is Article I, Section 6 of the US Constitution?