Co-sponsors of bills meant to punish Major League Baseball for its response to GA-SB202 still own stock in other boycott target firms.

GA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene invests in Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and other pharma despite refusing the vaccine and downplaying COVID-19

Trump’s pardon of Collins has been decried as a politically motivated favor to his earliest congressional supporter, and it is.

Our 2020 Audit grades all 50 states on their requirements for financial disclosure by their elected officials.

We have found an unsurprising but disappointing trend; third-party candidates almost never file their required financial disclosures.

Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA25) is the only Member of Congress not to file 2020 STOCK Act Disclosures, due to the unique nature of his election.

The new Protecting Our Democracy Act is designed to challenge presidential power and give Congress power to check the executive branch...

Postmaster DeJoy has a massive (187 to 1) conflict-of-interest between his stock in his ex-company, XPO, and his role as Postmaster General

Senior members of government are required to disclose their finances under the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA). Here's what that means.

Earlier this week, Joe Biden announced that all campaign staff members were forbidden from trading stocks without permission.

Does Congress Beat the Market? The first study of this question says "Yes," although later studies have been mixed.

Excerpts from the June 9 SmithWeekly podcast. Host Andrew Weekly and cofounder Marvin Barron talked political investments and the economy.

Why does political investment data matter? Answer: because less corrupt countries make more money.

History of the STOCK Act of 2012 which covers Congressional financial misconduct and disclosure, and was watered down in 2013.

Joe Biden has publicized various proposals for reforms to federal ethics legislation

The United State is home to some 7,400 state legislators holding office at any time. And in every state - with the exception of Idaho and...

The office of the president commands tremendous power. In the Trump era it’s easy to focus on the flamboyant individual holding court...

While at a White House picnic on June 17th of 2017, Chris Collins, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013-2019, received...

While the democratic primary field remains crowded, Elizabeth Warren is noteworthy for her explicit policy platforms regarding...

In 2018, the United States received its lowest score ever for...data that measure the controls on government corruption...