President Barack Obama signed the STOCK Act into law a decade ago. It was intended to increase transparency and curb personal financial conflicts of interest. But news investigations, including by ...

What is the STOCK Act? Senators selling stocks before the coronavirus pandemic rocked the markets have renewed attention on something called the STOCK Act. Here's what you need to know.

While the STOCK Act slowly moves through the legislative process, US lawmakers continue to make market moves that look like ...

To prevent members of Congress from taking advantage of their positions for personal gain, the U.S. passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, known as the STOCK Act, signed into law ...

While lawmakers who violate the STOCK Act face a fine, the penalty is usually small — $200 is the standard amount — or waived by House or Senate ethics officials. Ethics watchdogs and even ...

In December 2023, market research platform Quiver Quantitative announced that four lawmakers had violated the STOCK Act. The politicians in question are Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL), Rep.

More than 70 members of Congress have reportedly violated the STOCK Act, which was enacted to prevent lawmakers from using nonpublic information to get an unfair advantage on the stock market.

Both trades were disclosed weeks past the 45-day deadline required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, a law aimed at curbing insider trading and financial conflicts among ...