A Texas congressman took a private trip to meet a dictator, arranged by a man now convicted of secretly working for that dictator's government. In April 2026 he testified for the defense. The jury convicted anyway.
The STOCK Act asks members of Congress to do one thing: tell us what they bought and sold, within 45 days. Forty-five of the Republicans on this site couldn't manage it — some by years. The penalty is $200, and it's often waived.
The Senate came back with a bill that added about $1 trillion more to the deficit than the House version Burchett had reluctantly voted for. He went to the White House, got a signed souvenir, and voted for it the next day.
Veterans Guardian charged one disabled veteran $21,360 to file a claim he could have filed for free. Its CEO, co-founder, and government-affairs chief have given McDowell $35,600 — including $1,000 three days after he signed onto their bill.
Foxx chairs the House Rules Committee. It wrote a closed rule that fused a photo-ID voting mandate into the congressional stock-trading bill and barred every amendment. A month earlier she was buying and selling coal units.
A district chair wore a #MeToo shirt to a 2021 meeting to raise it. Whatley gaveled the meeting closed, she says — and reappointed Harvey West to the committee that writes the party's rules.
New Mexico sued the Justice Department on August 5 for stonewalling its criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's ranch. On August 8, the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general anyway.
Three companies tied to Ralph Norman took four pandemic loans worth $608,500, and the government forgave them. In 2022 he signed a letter calling student debt relief an 'election-year bribe' and 'highway robbery.' Now he wants a Senate seat.
Todd Blanche was confirmed as attorney general 50-49 before dawn on Saturday. Fourteen Republicans we track voted yes — and thirteen of them had already voted to put him at the Justice Department once before.
