Congress Watch

VCSH stock trades by members of Congress

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF: 3 members of Congress disclosed 13 transactions between 2016-02-01 and 2024-08-06, 12 purchases and 1 sales.

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1sales
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Activity by year

Disclosed transactions in VCSH per year0252016: 420162018: 420182019: 220192020: 120202022: 120222024: 12024

Transactions by the year the report was filed.

VCSH price and Congress trades

Daily closing price (split-adjusted). Dots mark days members of Congress filed trades in VCSH: green when more were purchases, red when more were sales. Use + and − (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) to zoom and drag to pan. Hover a month in the heatmap below to highlight it here, or click it to zoom to that month.

Congress buying and selling by month

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

VCSH purchases and sales by members of Congress, by monthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2024Jan 2024: no activityFeb 2024: no activityMar 2024: no activityApr 2024: no activityMay 2024: no activityJun 2024: no activityJul 2024: no activityAug 2024: 1 buy, 0 salesSep 2024: no activityOct 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: no activityJul 2023: no activityAug 2023: no activitySep 2023: no activityOct 2023: no activityNov 2023: no activityDec 2023: no activity2022Jan 2022: no activityFeb 2022: no activityMar 2022: no activityApr 2022: no activityMay 2022: no activityJun 2022: 0 buys, 1 saleJul 2022: no activityAug 2022: no activitySep 2022: no activityOct 2022: no activityNov 2022: no activityDec 2022: no activity2021Jan 2021: no activityFeb 2021: no activityMar 2021: no activityApr 2021: no activityMay 2021: no activityJun 2021: no activityJul 2021: no activityAug 2021: no activitySep 2021: no activityOct 2021: no activityNov 2021: no activityDec 2021: no activity2020Jan 2020: no activityFeb 2020: no activityMar 2020: no activityApr 2020: no activityMay 2020: no activityJun 2020: no activityJul 2020: 1 buy, 0 salesAug 2020: no activitySep 2020: no activityOct 2020: no activityNov 2020: no activityDec 2020: no activity2019Jan 2019: no activityFeb 2019: no activityMar 2019: no activityApr 2019: no activityMay 2019: 2 buys, 0 salesJun 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: 2 buys, 0 salesAug 2018: no activitySep 2018: no activityOct 2018: no activityNov 2018: no activityDec 2018: 2 buys, 0 sales2017Jan 2017: no activityFeb 2017: no activityMar 2017: no activityApr 2017: no activityMay 2017: no activityJun 2017: no activityJul 2017: no activityAug 2017: no activitySep 2017: no activityOct 2017: no activityNov 2017: no activityDec 2017: no activity2016Jan 2016: no activityFeb 2016: 4 buys, 0 salesMar 2016: no activityApr 2016: no activityMay 2016: no activityJun 2016: no activityJul 2016: no activityAug 2016: no activitySep 2016: no activityOct 2016: no activityNov 2016: no activityDec 2016: no activity

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 VCSH

PoliticianTradesBuysSalesLast filing
David P. Joyce 5412024-08-06
Lou Barletta 4402016-02-22
Thomas MacArthur 4402018-12-06

Disclosed transactions

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FiledTradedPoliticianTypeAmountFiling
2024-08-062022-07-14 David P. Joyce Buy$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2022-06-092022-05-17 David P. Joyce Sale$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2020-07-302019-03-22 David P. Joyce Buy$15,001 - f $50,000 Source
2019-05-082018-12-11 David P. Joyce Buy$15,001 - g $50,000 Source
2019-05-082018-12-11 David P. Joyce Buy$100,001 - d $250,000 Source
2018-12-062018-10-19 Thomas MacArthur Buy$15,001 - c $50,000 Source
2018-12-062018-10-19 Thomas MacArthur Buy$1,001 - $15,000 g Source
2018-07-102018-06-13 Thomas MacArthur Buy$50,001 - c $100,000 Source
2018-07-102018-06-13 Thomas MacArthur Buy$15,001 - c $50,000 Source
2016-02-222016-02-18 Lou Barletta Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source
2016-02-012016-01-29 Lou Barletta Buy$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2016-02-012016-01-29 Lou Barletta Buy$15,001 - $50,000 Source
2016-02-012016-01-29 Lou Barletta Buy$1,001 - $15,000 Source

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Common questions

Are members of Congress buying or selling VCSH?
3 members of Congress disclosed 13 transactions in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH) between 2016-02-01 and 2024-08-06: 12 purchases and 1 sales.
How active was Congress in VCSH recently?
In 2024 filings, 1 transaction in VCSH were disclosed: 1 purchases and 0 sales.
Which members of Congress trade VCSH?
The most active in VCSH are David P. Joyce (5), Lou Barletta (4) and Thomas MacArthur (4), by number of disclosed transactions. 3 members in all have traded it.

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