NEW: Today @thisisinsider unveils an accountability project 5 months in the making: A deep dive into the public financial records of Congress. We rate each lawmaker by their potential conflicts of interest and commitment to transparency. businessinsider.com/financial-conf…
We found dozens of federal lawmakers and at least 182 top congressional staffers are violating a federal conflict-of-interest law known as the STOCK Act. Others are failing to avoid clashes between their personal finances and public duties.
Spend some time in our searchable database checking out each member's rating. They're green if their financial compliance is solid. Yellow is borderline & deserves greater scrutiny. Red means danger - that a member has multiple issues that could expose them to ethical problems. 
The House + Senate combined breakdown on who ended up in which rating zone is pretty bipartisan: 213 Democrats, 192 Republicans & 1 Independent are green. BUT we found 49 Dems, 63 Rs and 1 Independent in the yellow. As for the reds...
14 members (6Ds & 8 Rs) are in the @thisisinsider red danger zone: @SenFeinstein @SenTuberville @RepPatFallon @Lancegooden @RepHarshbarger @repkevinhern @RepJacobs @RepSusieLee @RepMalinowski @RepSeanMaloney @RepMeuser @RepBlakeMoore @RepKimSchrier & @RepTomSuozzi
Here's a look at the 14 red danger members. You can click on each one to learn more.
All of our methodology on why we rated members where we rated them can be found here: businessinsider.com/financial-conf…
There is much more coming all week from the @thisisinsider 'Conflicted Congress' project. Stay tuned.
Today we also published 5 stories w/ the searchable index, each one going deeper into what our team of @thisisinsider reporters found while reviewing nearly 9,000 financial-disclosure reports for every sitting lawmaker & their top-ranking staffers. businessinsider.com/congress-staff…
We found lots of senators and congressmen investing in companies with direct stakes in the US COVID-19 response. businessinsider.com/lawmakers-boug…
We found 15 members of the House & Senate Armed Services committees w/ investments in top defense/military contractors worth nearly $1 million in 2020: businessinsider.com/congress-membe…
We found 22 Democrats - all but 1 scoring at least a 92% on the famous @LCVoters scorecard - who over the past year reported holding or trading stock in companies heavily involved in oil, coal and natural gas. businessinsider.com/congress-democ…
And this story: At least 31 lawmakers reported stock holdings in Facebook, including @SpeakerPelosi. Some have recently bashed Mark Zuckerberg. businessinsider.com/congress-holdi…
‘Conflicted Congress’ project editor @davelevinthal has all of the key findings neatly tied up here from @thisisinsider five-month investigation into federal lawmakers' personal finances businessinsider.com/conflicted-con…
Some pretty exciting news there in Dave’s write-up for data nerds. On Friday to cap off the project we will publish an exclusive, searchable, & sortable database of all members of Congress' personal finances, including their assets, debts, & sources of outside income. Stay tuned!
Day 2 of 'Conflicted Congress' is here: @byMadisonHall & @angelareplica report more than 40% of lawmakers own individual stocks worth at least $225 million. Tech is most popular @thisisinsider, led by @Apple & @Microsoft @Disney Alphabet & @amazon businessinsider.com/congress-most-…
There's a cool info graphic in their story that lets you see the breakdown of lawmakers by individual stock:
Also NEW today @byMadisonHall & @angelareplica break down who has the most wealth on Capitol Hill. They discovered the top 15 have an estimated net worth of at least $1.3 billion, which accounts for half of Congress' total estimated wealth. businessinsider.com/wealthiest-mem…
Also NEW today in the “Conflicted Congress series” - Lawmakers are still figuring out what to do on cryptocurrency but it isn’t stopping a few senators, House members and staff from getting into the market. businessinsider.com/lawmakers-inve…
You can find all of our 'Conflicted Congress' stories here: businessinsider.com/financial-conf…
Our latest from this @thisisinsider 'Conflicted Congress' series: At least 16 lawmakers or their families had invested in tobacco companies from 2020-21, including some big anti-tobacco champs on Capitol Hill. by @leonardkl businessinsider.com/congress-tobac…
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