Congress Watch

DFS stock trades by members of Congress

Discover Financial Services: 19 members of Congress disclosed 38 transactions between 2014-01-15 and 2025-06-22, 17 purchases and 21 sales.

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17purchases
21sales
19politicians

Activity by year

Disclosed transactions in DFS per year0252014: 520142015: 420152016: 220162017: 520172018: 220182020: 420202021: 320212022: 420222023: 220232024: 420242025: 32025

Transactions by the year the report was filed.

Congress buying and selling by month

Purchases and sales of DFS reported by members of the House and Senate.

DFS purchases and sales by members of Congress, by monthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025Jan 2025: no activityFeb 2025: no activityMar 2025: no activityApr 2025: no activityMay 2025: 0 buys, 2 salesJun 2025: 0 buys, 1 saleJul 2025: no activityAug 2025: no activitySep 2025: no activityOct 2025: no activityNov 2025: no activityDec 2025: no activity2024Jan 2024: no activityFeb 2024: no activityMar 2024: no activityApr 2024: no activityMay 2024: no activityJun 2024: no activityJul 2024: no activityAug 2024: 0 buys, 2 salesSep 2024: 1 buy, 1 saleOct 2024: no activityNov 2024: no activityDec 2024: no activity2023Jan 2023: no activityFeb 2023: no activityMar 2023: no activityApr 2023: no activityMay 2023: no activityJun 2023: 0 buys, 1 saleJul 2023: no activityAug 2023: no activitySep 2023: no activityOct 2023: 0 buys, 1 saleNov 2023: no activityDec 2023: no activity2022Jan 2022: no activityFeb 2022: no activityMar 2022: no activityApr 2022: no activityMay 2022: no activityJun 2022: no activityJul 2022: no activityAug 2022: 1 buy, 0 salesSep 2022: 0 buys, 1 saleOct 2022: no activityNov 2022: no activityDec 2022: 0 buys, 2 sales2021Jan 2021: no activityFeb 2021: 1 buy, 0 salesMar 2021: 0 buys, 1 saleApr 2021: no activityMay 2021: no activityJun 2021: no activityJul 2021: no activityAug 2021: no activitySep 2021: 0 buys, 1 saleOct 2021: no activityNov 2021: no activityDec 2021: no activity2020Jan 2020: no activityFeb 2020: no activityMar 2020: no activityApr 2020: 0 buys, 2 salesMay 2020: 1 buy, 0 salesJun 2020: no activityJul 2020: no activityAug 2020: no activitySep 2020: no activityOct 2020: 1 buy, 0 salesNov 2020: no activityDec 2020: no activity2019Jan 2019: no activityFeb 2019: no activityMar 2019: no activityApr 2019: no activityMay 2019: no activityJun 2019: no activityJul 2019: no activityAug 2019: no activitySep 2019: no activityOct 2019: no activityNov 2019: no activityDec 2019: no activity2018Jan 2018: no activityFeb 2018: no activityMar 2018: no activityApr 2018: no activityMay 2018: no activityJun 2018: no activityJul 2018: no activityAug 2018: no activitySep 2018: 1 buy, 0 salesOct 2018: 0 buys, 1 saleNov 2018: no activityDec 2018: no activity2017Jan 2017: no activityFeb 2017: no activityMar 2017: no activityApr 2017: no activityMay 2017: 2 buys, 1 saleJun 2017: no activityJul 2017: no activityAug 2017: 0 buys, 2 salesSep 2017: no activityOct 2017: no activityNov 2017: no activityDec 2017: no activity2016Jan 2016: no activityFeb 2016: no activityMar 2016: no activityApr 2016: no activityMay 2016: 2 buys, 0 salesJun 2016: no activityJul 2016: no activityAug 2016: no activitySep 2016: no activityOct 2016: no activityNov 2016: no activityDec 2016: no activity2015Jan 2015: 0 buys, 1 saleFeb 2015: no activityMar 2015: 1 buy, 0 salesApr 2015: no activityMay 2015: 1 buy, 0 salesJun 2015: no activityJul 2015: no activityAug 2015: no activitySep 2015: no activityOct 2015: 1 buy, 0 salesNov 2015: no activityDec 2015: no activity2014Jan 2014: 1 buy, 0 salesFeb 2014: no activityMar 2014: no activityApr 2014: no activityMay 2014: no activityJun 2014: 0 buys, 1 saleJul 2014: no activityAug 2014: no activitySep 2014: no activityOct 2014: no activityNov 2014: no activityDec 2014: 3 buys, 0 sales

Green months had more purchases, red months more sales, teal an even split; darker means more trades. Months are by filing date. Senate filings after August 2026 and scanned House filings are not fully covered, so early years can look quieter than they were.

Who traded DFS

PoliticianTradesBuysSalesLast filing
Katherine M. Clark 9542017-08-15
Pete Sessions 4312023-06-26
C. Scott Franklin 3032024-08-20
Susie Lee 3212022-12-29
John James 2112024-09-06
Jefferson Shreve 2022025-06-22
Kathy Manning 2112022-09-14
Thomas Suozzi 2022022-12-19
Richard L. Hanna 1102014-01-15
Judy Chu 1012018-10-18
Mikie Sherrill 1012020-04-05
Gary Palmer 1102018-09-29
Peter Meijer 1012021-03-16
Robert J. Wittman 1102015-10-15
Julie Johnson 1012025-05-14
Dean Phillips 1102020-05-07
K. Michael Conaway 1102015-03-03
Lois Frankel 1012014-06-18
Gilbert Cisneros 1012020-04-16

Disclosed transactions

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FiledTradedPoliticianTypeAmountFiling
2025-06-222025-05-12 Jefferson Shreve Sale$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2025-05-142025-04-07 Julie Johnson Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2025-05-082025-04-07 Jefferson Shreve Partial sale$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2024-09-062024-09-04 John James Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2024-09-022024-07-18 John James Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2024-08-202024-08-06 C. Scott Franklin Sale$50,001 - $100,000 Source
2024-08-202024-08-01 C. Scott Franklin Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2023-10-122023-09-11 C. Scott Franklin Sale$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2023-06-262023-06-15 Pete Sessions Sale$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2022-12-292022-11-30 Susie Lee Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2022-12-192017-01-05 Thomas Suozzi Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2022-09-142022-08-03 Kathy Manning Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2022-08-102022-07-20 Kathy Manning Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2021-09-232017-01-05 Thomas Suozzi Sale$1,001 - $15,000 g Source
2021-03-162021-02-16 Peter Meijer Sale$1,001 - $15,000 b Source
2021-02-102021-01-12 Susie Lee Buy$1,001 - $15,000 c Source
2020-10-242020-09-28 Susie Lee Buy$1,001 - $15,000 e Source
2020-05-072020-04-02 Dean Phillips Buy$1,001 - $15,000 c Source
2020-04-162020-03-18 Gilbert Cisneros Sale$1,001 - $15,000 c Source
2020-04-052020-02-20 Mikie Sherrill Sale$1,001 - $15,000 f Source
2018-10-182018-10-10 Judy Chu Sale$15,001 - d $50,000 Source
2018-09-292017-04-04 Gary Palmer Buy$1,001 - $15,000 e Source
2017-08-152017-07-03 Katherine M. Clark Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2017-08-152017-07-03 Katherine M. Clark Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2017-05-252017-01-05 Katherine M. Clark Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2017-05-252016-10-11 Katherine M. Clark Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2017-05-252016-10-11 Katherine M. Clark Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2016-05-182015-07-10 Pete Sessions Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2016-05-182015-06-15 Pete Sessions Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2015-10-152015-09-15 Robert J. Wittman Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2015-05-142013-09-09 Pete Sessions Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2015-03-032015-02-09 K. Michael Conaway Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2015-01-302015-01-22 Katherine M. Clark Sale$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2014-12-192014-10-03 Katherine M. Clark Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2014-12-192014-09-19 Katherine M. Clark Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2014-12-192014-09-18 Katherine M. Clark Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2014-06-182014-06-12 Lois Frankel Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2014-01-152013-12-23 Richard L. Hanna Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source

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Common questions

Are members of Congress buying or selling DFS?
19 members of Congress disclosed 38 transactions in Discover Financial Services (DFS) between 2014-01-15 and 2025-06-22: 17 purchases and 21 sales.
How active was Congress in DFS recently?
In 2025 filings, 3 transactions in DFS were disclosed: 0 purchases and 3 sales.
Which members of Congress trade DFS?
The most active in DFS are Katherine M. Clark (9), Pete Sessions (4) and C. Scott Franklin (3), by number of disclosed transactions. 19 members in all have traded it.

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