How do I find which stocks are bought and sold by US Senators and Congressmen?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Sep 2003 13:26 PDT

Members of Congress routinely file Personal Financial Disclosure forms
that detail their holdings of any stocks either valued at $1,000 or
more, or that produced $200 of income, or more.

The publicly-available PFDs have been compiled by a group known as
OpenSecrets.org, and can be found at:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/

"Personal Financial Disclosure Reports "

"To get to the politician's personal financial disclosure documents,
type in the first few letters of his or her last name. This year's
filing (2001 calendar year, filed in 2002) is available for all
members of Congress except those who were granted extensions into the
summer. We also have documents for President Bush and Vice President
Cheney."


The PFDs should provide you the information you are looking for
(stocks are lsited in Part III of the report).  If you need additional
information -- or if anything here is not clear -- just let me know by
posting a Request for Clarification, and I'll be glad to assist you
further.

pafalafa-ga


search strategy:  used bookmarked site www.opensecrets.org

[sorry to have posted this above...I meant it as my answer]

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Sep 2003 13:26 PDT 
Members of Congress routinely file Personal Financial Disclosure forms
that detail their holdings of any stocks either valued at $1,000 or
more, or that produced $200 of income, or more.
 
The publicly-available PFDs have been compiled by a group known as
OpenSecrets.org, and can be found at:
 
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/ 
 
"Personal Financial Disclosure Reports " 
 
"To get to the politician's personal financial disclosure documents,
type in the first few letters of his or her last name. This year's
filing (2001 calendar year, filed in 2002) is available for all
members of Congress except those who were granted extensions into the
summer. We also have documents for President Bush and Vice President
Cheney."
 
 
The PFDs should provide you the information you are looking for
(stocks are lsited in Part III of the report).  If you need additional
information -- or if anything here is not clear -- just let me know by
posting a Request for Clarification, and I'll be glad to assist you
further.
 
pafalafa-ga 
 
 
search strategy:  used bookmarked site www.opensecrets.org

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Request for Answer Clarification by airzimzerker-ga on 26 Sep 2003 09:23 PDT

I was meaning if they had to file anything when the stock was
purchased. Sort of like if a CEO buys stock in a corporation and it is
reported as a reason to buy the stock. I do not know how people know
this either.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 26 Sep 2003 09:33 PDT

As far as I know, there is no special reporting requirement for
members of Congress to report each and every stock transaction as it
occurs.  They only report annually, in their Personal Financial
Disclosure forms.

The one possible exception would be if the Congressional member also
served as a corporate officer and was thereby subject to SEC reporting
requirements (just like the CEO or members of the Board of Directors).
 But this scenario seems unlikely.

I hope this clarifies things to your satisfaction.  If my original
answer truly does not meet your needs, however, let me know through a
follow-up comment, and I will ask the editors to have it removed.

pafalafa-ga