'As Congress stalls on a congressional stock trading bill, its members keep breaking the ridiculously weak existing rules.'
—31 Democrats and 32 Republicans—have"failed to properly report their financial trades as mandated by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, also known as the STOCK Act."
"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,"three more senators who have recently run afoul of the STOCK Act's timely reporting mandate: Sen. John Hickenlooper , Sen. Gary Peters , and Rep. Jerry Moran .
Walter Shaub, senior ethics fellow at the Project on Government Oversight and former head of the Office of Government Ethics.'s David Moore and Donald Shaw reported on May 25 that"the deadline for members of Congress to file their annual financial disclosures for 2021 was last week, May 16."
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