📈 STOCK Act Violations
Members of Congress are required to disclose stock trades within 30 days. The penalty for missing the deadline is $200. Zero members have ever been prosecuted.
The Pattern, Sourced
→First-offense penalty for STOCK Act disclosure violations: $200.
→78 members of the 117th Congress documented as STOCK Act violators.
→Public support for banning congressional stock trading: 86% (bipartisan polling).
→Federal prosecutions for STOCK Act violations: zero, since the law was passed in 2012.
→Approximately 95% of Congress members own stock; only 5% have zero stock holdings.
→Campaign Legal Center has filed 15 complaints representing $14.3M to $52.1M in undisclosed or late-disclosed trades.
→10 Congress members hold between $750K and $2M in crypto assets while considering crypto legislation.
→Lobbying spending hit a record $5.08 billion in 2025 — a 14% year-over-year increase.
→At least 25 bills to ban congressional stock trading were introduced in the 119th Congress.
→S.1879 (Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act) and H.R.7008 advanced through committees in early 2026.
→During the October–November 2025 government shutdown, lawmakers made nearly 200 trades worth $3M to $9M while constituents missed paychecks.