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A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes

A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes

by hubraumhugo·May 26, 2026·63 points·25 comments
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AI Analysis

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Open-source congressional tracker when Quiver Quantitative and Capitol Trades charge for access.

Strengths
  • •Daily updates pulling from three official sources with 57k+ transactions indexed
  • •Disclosure lag tracking shows 28-day median with 19% late filing rate highlighted
  • •Clean UI with search, filters, outperformer rankings, and cabinet activity breakdown
Weaknesses
  • •Author admits data is commoditized; multiple paid alternatives already exist in market
  • •28-day disclosure lag is inherent to source data, not something this tool can fix
Category
Finance
Target Audience

Journalists, researchers, and citizens tracking congressional trading activity

Similar To

Quiver Quantitative · Capitol Trades · Unusual Whales

Post Description

Congressional trading data is relatively commoditized, but I couldn't find any open-source version with the features I wanted.

The data is lagged (median 28 days from trade to disclosure, and 19% miss this deadline), but there's still interesting patterns to explore.

Repo: https://github.com/kadoa-org/congress-trading-monitor

Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements!

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