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| The most suspect stock trades by politicians revealed including the Republican who can't STOP flipping shares |
| 2025-08-11 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Members of Congress aren't technically allowed to use insider knowledge to trade stocks while in office, but a couple of well-timed trades have raised eyebrows among eagle-eyed critics. Momentum to ban members of Congress from trading stocks is swelling even as lawmakers make major profits from the turbulent stock market. Right now, existing law allows legislators sitting on military committees buy defense stocks while financial regulators can snap up crypto and bank shares. Though trading on inside information is forbidden, there's little enforcement - and the practice appears rampant on Capitol Hill. Senate proposals would bar even the president and vice president from trading, but wealthy lawmakers claim restrictions would strip incentives and force unfair divestment of their holdings. Others complain they can't survive on their $174,000 salaries alone, fueling a trading bonanza that's generating handsome profits just as ban proposals gain steam. Here the Daily Mail highlights the top most suspect stock trades of the year: Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., a 34-year-old freshman legislator has been one of the most scrutinized traders. He was the former CEO of Kuharchik Construction, Bresnahan's family company, where he is credited with expanding the family business. The Pennsylvania Republican campaigned on banning members from trading, but he has reported more transactions than practically every other lawmaker. 'Bresnahan has filed more stock trades than almost any other member of Congress since entering office this year,' Quiver Quantitative's co-founder Christopher Kardatzke told the Daily Mail. Since being sworn in this January and August 8, the Republican has made at least 617 trades, according to federal disclosures data compiled by Quiver Quantitative. The Republican has repeatedly claimed his financial advisors manager his trades, but when pressed recently by a local radio station on why he doesn't instruct them to halt the transactions he deflected. 'And then do what with it?' the lawmaker told WVIA. 'Just leave it all in the accounts and just leave it there and lose money and go broke?' Bresnahan introduced a bill earlier this year to ban members and their spouses from stock trading, even as he's continued to make transactions. According to federal data retrieved by Quiver Quantitative, Bresnahan has traded a total volume of over $7 million since January. He has sold $4 million in stock and purchased $3 million in the past eight months. Right before Trump's signature domestic agenda the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' passed Congress, Bresnahan reported sale in Centene, a healthcare company that later lost over half of its share price because of Medicaid cuts contained within the legislation. Democratic attack ads have shredded him for voting for the cuts. 'Honestly I found out about it in real time but the key takeaway is I follow the STOCK Act and I follow the rules,' Bresnahan said when pressed on the stock sale by WNEP. Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has also gained attention for trading the same stock around the same time - a transaction that has netted her thousands. The Georgia Republican made a flurry of stock purchases around the exact time that Trump instructed the nation that it was 'a great time to get rich, richer than ever before,' on Truth Social. After the market dipped around Liberation Day, Green heeded the president's warning and loaded up on discounted stocks. Greene currently sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, the congressional panel that approves funding for DHS and ICE. She also claims her portfolio is managed by a financial advisor. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #16 If you want to mirror Nancy's trades you can use the EFT NANC hosted by "unusual whales" The EFT mirrors her trades as soon as they become public. They also track a couple other prominent Dems/Pubs. May as well follow the inside traders directly to profit! |
| Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 2025-08-11 19:26 |
| #15 Please take your seats. It appears, from a glance at the link in #13, that Pelosi's largest volumes of trades (by far) was in 2020 to 2024. I know. Amazing, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2025-08-11 18:28 |
| #14 Can't survive on $175,000, then FIND other work. Learn to Code! Oh Computer Science Graduates Struggle to Find Jobs During Tech Layoffs and AI Boom |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-11 17:49 |
| #13 Nancy Pelosi National Index Fund |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-11 17:48 |
| #12 Can't survive on $175,000, then FIND other work. That's the problem, they are while on our pay. LOL, That's a good one. Better qualified people! HAHA Stop, my stomach hurts. lol. You believe 'what' that motivates the most skilled and creative in our present society? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-08-11 17:10 |
| #11 Rather than try to stop Congressional insider trading, how about letting us peons in on the game. I propose the creation of the Nancy Pelosi National Index Fund so we can all benefit from her stock-picking expertise. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-08-11 16:48 |
| #10 The IRS standard deduction could be defined to be no less than the mean gain in the personal wealth of members of Congress. |
| Posted by: Melancholic 2025-08-11 16:42 |
| #9 Funny how all the biggest insider traders are Democrats, including the most egregious, yet not mentioned in this shit article. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2025-08-11 14:48 |
| #8 If you want better people than ban lawyers from running for public office. LOL |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-11 10:54 |
| #7 "Maybe if you made it worthwhile you might attract better qualified people." LOL, That's a good one. Better qualified people! HAHA Stop, my stomach hurts. lol. If you want better people than ban lawyers from running for public office. |
| Posted by: Hupoluth Dribble3876 2025-08-11 10:49 |
| #6 Trump accuses Pelosi of insider trading |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-11 10:13 |
| #5 Can't survive on $175,000, then FIND other work. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-08-11 08:33 |
| #4 Tulsi lived in the hood and had mutual funds. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-08-11 07:12 |
| #3 $174,000 salaries I agree that they should be making about a million a year. You don't ask people to work a serious job and not compensate them accordingly. Maybe if you made it worthwhile you might attract better qualified people. You want a better sports team, you pay better salaries to get the talent. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-08-11 06:38 |
| #2 Regarding MTG, the doom and gloom in April was at a point everyone should have been buying. |
| Posted by: Gritch Throlumble3163 2025-08-11 06:30 |
| #1 Crenshaw is supposedly a stock genius now. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-08-11 06:28 |