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

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 ...

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 ...

Reports of multiple senators selling stocks before the coronavirus pandemic rocked the markets have renewed attention on something called the STOCK Act. The STOCK Act is a law that was passed in ...

In January, President Obama called for reform during his State of the Union address, and sponsorship for the STOCK Act, which had been minimal in the past, took off. In April, the STOCK Act was ...

A year ago President Obama signed the so-called STOCK Act. The point of the act was to allow the public to see for themselves if members of Congress and their employees were trading on material ...

the latest among numerous House and Senate members to face ethics complaints about allegedly violating the STOCK Act. The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, better known as the STOCK ...

The column incorrectly said that the Stock Act was passed by Congress without hearings. The amendment to the legislation that requires Internet posting of some federal employees’ personal ...

After receiving a rousing applause and many many days later after that speech – a little over two months to be exact – Obama finally signed the STOCK Act into law on April 4. (STOCK is an ...