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The Potomac Ledger

Tracking Washington Stock Trades · Decoded Each Week

Congress Edition

Week of 2026-08-17

One hundred trades were disclosed this week, dominated by a sweeping portfolio reshuffle from Rep. Ro Khanna and a wave of filings arriving hundreds of days past the legal deadline.

The Big Picture

This week's disclosures cover 100 trades across both parties, with Democrats accounting for 71 and Republicans for 29. Technology was the most active sector on both the buy and sell sides, reflecting broad reshuffling rather than a clear directional bet. The week was also notable for the volume of severely late filings — several members disclosed transactions from 2024 and early 2025 that were hundreds of days beyond the 45-day statutory window.

This Week's Notable Trades

Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Shri Thanedar (D-MI)

Carol Devine Miller (R-WV)

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)

Tracey Robert Mann (R-KS)

Mike Kelly (R-PA)

By the Numbers

Most significant potential conflicts this week:

Late to File

Under the STOCK Act, members must disclose a trade within 45 days. This week's batch included some of the most delayed filings seen in recent weeks.

Rep. Tracey Robert Mann (R-KS) disclosed ten trades all at once — Alphabet Inc (GOOGL), 724 days late; NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), 724 days late; Apple Inc (AAPL), 724 days late; Microsoft Corp (MSFT), 724 days late; Meta Platforms Inc (META), 724 days late; and the same five stocks sold in September 2024, each disclosed 704 days after the fact.

Rep. Carol Devine Miller (R-WV) disclosed four March 2025 transactions, each 522 days late: Pfizer Inc (PFE), Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX), Target Corp (TGT), and U.S. Bancorp (USB).

Rep. Derek Tran (D-CA) disclosed a sale of Litecoin (a cryptocurrency) from July 28, 2025, arriving 382 days late.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) disclosed two late transactions: MicroStrategy Inc (MSTR) from October 2025 (297 days late) and Apple Inc (AAPL) from January 2026 (217 days late).

All-time: Across 22,158 total STOCK Act filings in our database, 2,700 — or 12.2% — were submitted past the 45-day deadline. The members with the most all-time late filings are Rep. Sheri Biggs (171), Rep. Julia Letlow (136), Rep. Valerie Hoyle (114), Sen. Thomas H. Tuberville (108), and Rep. Alan Armstrong (96). Late disclosure is a timing compliance matter, not an assertion of any other wrongdoing.

The Fine Print

Data derived from public STOCK Act disclosures. Disclosure date is not the trade date (filings lag 30-45 days). Dollar figures are disclosed ranges, not exact amounts. Conflict-of-interest flags are heuristic "potential overlaps," not assertions of wrongdoing. Not investment advice.

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