Congress Watch

Stock trades filed by Congress in 2016

92 members of Congress filed 4,337 stock and fund transactions in 2016: 2,270 purchases and 2,067 sales. Counted by the date the report was filed, not the trade date.

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Filings by month

Stock transactions filed per month in 201605001,000Jan: 415JanFeb: 348FebMar: 506MarApr: 253AprMay: 512MayJun: 302JunJul: 399JulAug: 323AugSep: 257SepOct: 351OctNov: 383NovDec: 288Dec

Most traded stocks in 2016

StockTradesBuysSalesMembers
MSFT Microsoft Corporation -... 47291817
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock 46212521
INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock 3816228
IBM International Business... 2912178
PEP Pepsico, Inc. 2992010
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. -... 2814147
MCD McDonald's Corporation... 2713147
DIS Walt Disney Company 2517815
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation... 241688
CL Colgate-Palmolive... 237164
HD Home Depot, Inc. 2314910
LLY Eli Lilly and Company... 229135
ACN Accenture plc Class A... 2110114
CVS CVS Health Corporation... 2114710
IVZ Invesco Ltd Common Stock 211475
T AT&T Inc. 218137
FB Facebook, Inc. 201647
JCI Johnson Controls... 201376
SLB Schlumberger N.V. Common Stock 201284
UNP Union Pacific... 2010106

Most active members in 2016

MemberTradesBuysSales
Thomas MacArthur Republican, NJ 1,112581531
K. Michael Conaway Republican, TX 350114236
Bill Flores Republican, TX 28478206
Judy Chu Democrat, CA 215101114
Sheldon Whitehouse Democrat, RI 21314469
Lois Frankel Democrat, FL 1568670
Alan S. Lowenthal Democrat, CA 1145757
Suzan K. DelBene Democrat, WA 1103278
David A. Trott Republican, MI 1105852
Lamar Smith Republican, TX 985048
Lou Barletta Republican, PA 964452
Debbie Dingell Democrat, MI 867412
Carlos Curbelo Republican, FL 794930
Ed Whitfield Republican, KY 765026
Pete Sessions Republican, TX 736112
E. Scott Rigell Republican, VA 724329
Richard L. Hanna Republican, NY 633429
Virginia Foxx Republican, NC 60528
John F Reed Democrat, RI 583721
William Cassidy Republican, LA 563026

Filings arrive up to 45 days after a trade, so a trade can appear in the year after it happened. Early years can look quieter than they were: scanned House filings are not fully covered. Stocks and funds only. Not investment advice.