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#Congressional-Corruption

Events indexed under #Congressional-Corruption — 50 entries in the record.

50 events From Nov 25, 2003 To Jul 23, 2025 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-07-23House Speaker Johnson Shuts Down Congress Early to Block Epstein Files Vote
Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · U.S. House of Representatives
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2025-04-14Greene bought market dip before Trump paused tariffs, profiting from the rally
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marjorie Taylor Greene
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2024-07-01Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy
Paul Pelosi · Nancy Pelosi · Rick Scott · Visa Inc. · +2
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2022-04-26Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors
Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2
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2020-03-19Senators Burr and Loeffler Accused of Insider Trading After COVID-19 Briefings
Richard Burr · Kelly Loeffler · Tucker Carlson
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2020-02-132020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption
Richard Burr · Kelly Loeffler · James Inhofe · Dianne Feinstein · +1
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2020-01-17Rep. Chris Collins Sentenced to 26 Months for Insider Trading From White House Lawn
Chris Collins · Cameron Collins · Donald Trump · Vernon S. Broderick
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2019-12-03Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Stealing Campaign Funds After Blaming Wife
Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter · Donald Trump
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2018-08-21Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter
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2018-08-08Rep. Chris Collins Indicted for Insider Trading
Chris Collins · Cameron Collins · Stephen Zarsky · Innate Immunotherapeutics
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2018-01-01Agriculture Committee Captured by Agribusiness - $523M Lobbying Shapes Farm Bill
Glenn Thompson · David Scott · House Agriculture Committee · American Farm Bureau Federation · +1
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2017-03-22Devin Nunes Makes Secret Midnight White House Visit to View Intel, Then Briefs Trump Before Committee - Obstruction of Investigation
Devin Nunes · Donald Trump · Ezra Cohen-Watnick · Michael Ellis · +1
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2016-12-01Banking Committee Chairman Shelby Advocates for Financial CHOICE Act to Gut Dodd-Frank
Richard Shelby · U.S. Senate Banking Committee · Wall Street · Dodd-Frank Act
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2016-08-31Rep. Tom Price Purchases Discounted Healthcare Stocks While Drafting Industry Legislation
Tom Price · Chris Collins · Innate Immunotherapeutics · Zimmer Biomet · +1
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2016-04-27Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months, Judge Calls Him 'Serial Child Molester'
Dennis Hastert · Thomas Durkin · Scott Cross
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2015-10-28Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
Dennis Hastert
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2015-06-09Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
Dennis Hastert · Jolene Reinboldt Burdge · Steve Reinboldt
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2015-05-28Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
Dennis Hastert
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2015-03-17Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Luxury Spending and Mileage Fraud Scandal
Aaron Schock
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2014-12-18Congress Appropriates $120 Million for Unwanted Abrams Tanks for Third Consecutive Year Despite Army Opposition
General Dynamics · Mike Turner · Ray Odierno · Rob Portman · +1
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2014-09-02Eric Cantor Joins Wall Street Investment Bank for $3.4M After House Leadership
Eric Cantor · Moelis & Company · House Republicans
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2014-02-26Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats
Dave Camp · House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group · Cerberus Capital Management · +1
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2014-02-06Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group · +1
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2014-01-21Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
Bob McDonnell · Maureen McDonnell · Jonnie Williams
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2013-11-11Citigroup Lobbyists Write 70 of 85 Lines in House Banking Deregulation Bill
Citigroup · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street
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2013-04-15Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements
Barack Obama
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2013-02-20Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750,000 Campaign Fund Fraud
Jesse Jackson Jr. · Sandra Stevens Jackson
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2012-07-25Congress Overrides Army to Fund $255 Million in Unwanted Abrams Tank Upgrades to Protect General Dynamics Ohio Plant
General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown · Ray Odierno · +2
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2011-11-13STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading
Scott Brown · Kirsten Gillibrand · Brian Baird
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2011-06-16Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
Anthony Weiner · Huma Abedin · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi
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2011-05-27Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
Judd Gregg · Goldman Sachs · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
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2011-03-01Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying
Chris Dodd · MPAA · Motion Picture Association
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2011-01-03Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
Evan Bayh · Apollo Global Management · McGuireWoods · Marathon Petroleum · +1
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2010-01-01Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2
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2009-01-01Energy and Commerce Committee Members Receive $45M From Pharma During ACA Debate
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Fred Upton · PhRMA · Pfizer · +1
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2008-09-29Financial Services Committee Members Who Supported Bailout Received 39% More Wall Street Money
Barney Frank · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street · TARP
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2008-07-29Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
Ted Stevens · Bill Allen · Eric Holder
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2007-12-18Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs
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2007-09-15Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen
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2005-11-28Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
Duke Cunningham · Mitchell Wade · Carol Lam · Donald Trump
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2005-11-16Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute
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2005-09-28House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
Tom DeLay
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2005-08-11Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
Jack Abramoff · Adam Kidan
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2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
William Jefferson · Lori Mody
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2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · Robert Wexler
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2005-04-01Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street
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2005-03-14Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · Leo Hindery
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2005-01-03Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper
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2004-12-15Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
Billy Tauzin · PhRMA · Medicare
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2003-11-25Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban
Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA · Medicare
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