Congress trades

Congressional transactions with member, ticker, amounts and dated disclosure evidence.

One row is

Congressional transactions with member, ticker, amounts and dated disclosure evidence

Example response

Trimmed real output. No key needed.

GET /v1/datasets/congress/sample

Dates reflect the example, not current coverage.

{
  "data": {
    "asOf": "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z",
    "chamber": "all",
    "source": "congress",
    "indexUpdatedAt": "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z",
    "year": 2026,
    "filingsScanned": 1,
    "filingsParsed": 1,
    "filingsFailed": 0,
    "filingsPending": 0,
    "filingsPaper": 0,
    "filingCount": 1,
    "filingOffset": 0,
    "hasMore": false,
    "hasMoreFilings": false,
    "nextOffset": 4,
    "nextFilingOffset": 1,
    "trades": [
      {
        "id": "senate:028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b:0",
        "chamber": "senate",
        "filingId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "docId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "memberName": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.",
        "stateDistrict": "",
        "filingDate": "2026-09-21",
        "transactionDate": "2026-08-20",
        "notificationDate": null,
        "lagDays": 32,
        "side": "BUY",
        "transactionType": "Purchase",
        "ticker": "WMB",
        "assetName": "Williams Companies, Inc. (The) Common Stock",
        "assetType": "OP",
        "owner": "Joint",
        "rawOwner": "Joint",
        "amount": "$15,001 - $50,000",
        "amountLow": 15001,
        "amountHigh": 50000,
        "capGainsOver200": null,
        "filingStatus": null,
        "subholdingOf": null,
        "description": "Option Type: Call Strike price: $75.00 Expires: 2026-08-21",
        "sourceUrl": "https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/ptr/028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b/"
      },
      {
        "id": "senate:028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b:2",
        "chamber": "senate",
        "filingId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "docId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "memberName": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.",
        "stateDistrict": "",
        "filingDate": "2026-09-21",
        "transactionDate": "2026-08-19",
        "notificationDate": null,
        "lagDays": 33,
        "side": "BUY",
        "transactionType": "Purchase",
        "ticker": null,
        "assetName": "GS Managed Structured Note Strategy S&P 500 Linked Note",
        "assetType": "ST",
        "owner": "Spouse",
        "rawOwner": "Spouse",
        "amount": "$50,001 - $100,000",
        "amountLow": 50001,
        "amountHigh": 100000,
        "capGainsOver200": null,
        "filingStatus": null,
        "subholdingOf": null,
        "description": null,
        "sourceUrl": "https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/ptr/028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b/"
      },
      {
        "id": "senate:028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b:3",
        "chamber": "senate",
        "filingId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "docId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "memberName": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.",
        "stateDistrict": "",
        "filingDate": "2026-09-21",
        "transactionDate": "2025-11-21",
        "notificationDate": null,
        "lagDays": 304,
        "side": "SELL",
        "transactionType": "Sale (Partial)",
        "ticker": "VEA",
        "assetName": "Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF",
        "assetType": "ST",
        "owner": "Joint",
        "rawOwner": "Joint",
        "amount": "$1,001 - $15,000",
        "amountLow": 1001,
        "amountHigh": 15000,
        "capGainsOver200": null,
        "filingStatus": null,
        "subholdingOf": null,
        "description": null,
        "sourceUrl": "https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/ptr/028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b/"
      },
      {
        "id": "senate:028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b:1",
        "chamber": "senate",
        "filingId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "docId": "028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b",
        "memberName": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.",
        "stateDistrict": "",
        "filingDate": "2026-09-21",
        "transactionDate": "2025-04-09",
        "notificationDate": null,
        "lagDays": 530,
        "side": "BUY",
        "transactionType": "Purchase",
        "ticker": "HYG",
        "assetName": "iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF",
        "assetType": "ST",
        "owner": "Joint",
        "rawOwner": "Joint",
        "amount": "$1,001 - $15,000",
        "amountLow": 1001,
        "amountHigh": 15000,
        "capGainsOver200": null,
        "filingStatus": null,
        "subholdingOf": null,
        "description": null,
        "sourceUrl": "https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/ptr/028aef33-dc0d-44a1-992f-aa35ee42685b/"
      }
    ],
    "members": [
      {
        "id": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.:",
        "memberName": "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.",
        "stateDistrict": "",
        "tradeCount": 4,
        "buyCount": 3,
        "sellCount": 1,
        "exchangeCount": 0,
        "otherCount": 0,
        "estimatedLow": 67004,
        "estimatedHigh": 180000,
        "lastFilingDate": "2026-09-21",
        "avgLagDays": 225,
        "medianReturn": null,
        "buyHitRate": null,
        "pricedTradeCount": 0,
        "pricedBuyCount": 0,
        "party": null,
        "committees": []
      }
    ],
    "tickers": [
      {
        "ticker": "HYG",
        "tradeCount": 1,
        "buyCount": 1,
        "sellCount": 0,
        "exchangeCount": 0,
        "otherCount": 0,
        "memberCount": 1,
        "memberIds": [
          "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.:"
        ],
        "estimatedLow": 1001,
        "estimatedHigh": 15000,
        "lastFilingDate": "2026-09-21"
      },
      {
        "ticker": "VEA",
        "tradeCount": 1,
        "buyCount": 0,
        "sellCount": 1,
        "exchangeCount": 0,
        "otherCount": 0,
        "memberCount": 1,
        "memberIds": [
          "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.:"
        ],
        "estimatedLow": 1001,
        "estimatedHigh": 15000,
        "lastFilingDate": "2026-09-21"
      },
      {
        "ticker": "WMB",
        "tradeCount": 1,
        "buyCount": 1,
        "sellCount": 0,
        "exchangeCount": 0,
        "otherCount": 0,
        "memberCount": 1,
        "memberIds": [
          "A. Mitchell McConnell Jr.:"
        ],
        "estimatedLow": 15001,
        "estimatedHigh": 50000,
        "lastFilingDate": "2026-09-21"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "dataset": "congress",
    "asOf": "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z",
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "congress-disclosures",
        "attribution": "Public government financial disclosures",
        "licence": "Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms"
      }
    ],
    "historyStarts": null,
    "coverage": {
      "year": 2026,
      "chamber": "all",
      "filingCount": 1,
      "filingsScanned": 1,
      "filingsParsed": 1,
      "filingsPending": 0,
      "senateUnavailable": false,
      "summariesTruncated": false
    },
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z",
    "disclaimer": "Stored disclosure windows only. Unparsed filings remain pending. Returns and market-price enrichment are not refreshed on read."
  }
}

Routes

Base URL https://api.gloom.sh. Send a key with each call; the key's account needs a plan.

GET /v1/congress/trades2 credits

Stored congressional transactions with disclosure evidence. Reads the existing dataset service and needs a key on an account with a plan; every plan reads every live dataset in full. Cached market reads can refresh their source data. Unknown, empty and repeated parameters are rejected. History and coverage metadata are null when the stored service cannot establish them.

Parameters12 rows

Parameter: chamber
In: query
Type: all, house, senate

Parameter: year
In: query
Type: integer 2008 to 2100
Notes: Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.

Parameter: limit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 500

Parameter: offset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: filingLimit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 60

Parameter: filingOffset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: member
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: ticker
In: query
Type: string ^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$
Notes: Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.

Parameter: side
In: query
Type: BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE, OTHER

Parameter: owner
In: query
Type: self, spouse, joint, dependent, other

Parameter: assetType
In: query
Type: stock, option, other

Parameter: minAmount
In: query
Type: string ^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$

Parameter	In	Type	Notes
`chamber`	query	`all`, `house`, `senate`
`year`	query	integer 2008 to 2100	Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.
`limit`	query	integer 1 to 500
`offset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`filingLimit`	query	integer 1 to 60
`filingOffset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`member`	query	string
`ticker`	query	string `^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$`	Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.
`side`	query	`BUY`, `SELL`, `EXCHANGE`, `OTHER`
`owner`	query	`self`, `spouse`, `joint`, `dependent`, `other`
`assetType`	query	`stock`, `option`, `other`
`minAmount`	query	string `^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$`

Credits: 2 (search x1)
Plans: Basic, Desk, Enterprise

GET /v1/congress/members/{member}2 credits

Stored transactions for a congressional member. Reads the existing dataset service and needs a key on an account with a plan; every plan reads every live dataset in full. Cached market reads can refresh their source data. Unknown, empty and repeated parameters are rejected. History and coverage metadata are null when the stored service cannot establish them.

Parameters12 rows

Parameter: member
In: path, required
Type: string

Parameter: chamber
In: query
Type: all, house, senate

Parameter: year
In: query
Type: integer 2008 to 2100
Notes: Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.

Parameter: limit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 500

Parameter: offset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: filingLimit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 60

Parameter: filingOffset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: ticker
In: query
Type: string ^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$
Notes: Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.

Parameter: side
In: query
Type: BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE, OTHER

Parameter: owner
In: query
Type: self, spouse, joint, dependent, other

Parameter: assetType
In: query
Type: stock, option, other

Parameter: minAmount
In: query
Type: string ^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$

Parameter	In	Type	Notes
`member`	path, required	string
`chamber`	query	`all`, `house`, `senate`
`year`	query	integer 2008 to 2100	Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.
`limit`	query	integer 1 to 500
`offset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`filingLimit`	query	integer 1 to 60
`filingOffset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`ticker`	query	string `^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$`	Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.
`side`	query	`BUY`, `SELL`, `EXCHANGE`, `OTHER`
`owner`	query	`self`, `spouse`, `joint`, `dependent`, `other`
`assetType`	query	`stock`, `option`, `other`
`minAmount`	query	string `^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$`

Credits: 2 (search x1)
Plans: Basic, Desk, Enterprise

GET /v1/congress/tickers/{symbol}2 credits

Stored congressional transactions for a company ticker. Reads the existing dataset service and needs a key on an account with a plan; every plan reads every live dataset in full. Cached market reads can refresh their source data. Unknown, empty and repeated parameters are rejected. History and coverage metadata are null when the stored service cannot establish them.

Parameters12 rows

Parameter: symbol
In: path, required
Type: string ^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$
Notes: Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.

Parameter: chamber
In: query
Type: all, house, senate

Parameter: year
In: query
Type: integer 2008 to 2100
Notes: Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.

Parameter: limit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 500

Parameter: offset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: filingLimit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 60

Parameter: filingOffset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: member
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: side
In: query
Type: BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE, OTHER

Parameter: owner
In: query
Type: self, spouse, joint, dependent, other

Parameter: assetType
In: query
Type: stock, option, other

Parameter: minAmount
In: query
Type: string ^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$

Parameter	In	Type	Notes
`symbol`	path, required	string `^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$`	Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.
`chamber`	query	`all`, `house`, `senate`
`year`	query	integer 2008 to 2100	Disclosure year from 2008 through the current UTC year.
`limit`	query	integer 1 to 500
`offset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`filingLimit`	query	integer 1 to 60
`filingOffset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`member`	query	string
`side`	query	`BUY`, `SELL`, `EXCHANGE`, `OTHER`
`owner`	query	`self`, `spouse`, `joint`, `dependent`, `other`
`assetType`	query	`stock`, `option`, `other`
`minAmount`	query	string `^\d{1,24}(?:\.\d{1,6})?$`

Credits: 2 (search x1)
Plans: Basic, Desk, Enterprise

Meta fields

Field: dataset
Here: The dataset id
In the example: "congress"

Field: asOf
Here: The observation date established by the service; otherwise null
In the example: "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z"

Field: source
Here: Attribution and usage terms of each source
In the example: 1 source

Field: historyStarts
Here: Earliest stored history when established by the service; otherwise null.
In the example: null, not stated yet

Field: coverage
Here: Service-established coverage; null when unavailable.
In the example: {"year":2026,"chamber":"all","filingCount":1,"filingsScanned":1,"filingsParsed":1,"filingsPending":0,"senateUnavailable":false,"summariesTruncated":false}

Field: lastUpdated
Here: The source update time established by the service; otherwise null
In the example: "2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z"

Field	Here	In the example
`dataset`	The dataset id	`"congress"`
`asOf`	The observation date established by the service; otherwise null	`"2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z"`
`source`	Attribution and usage terms of each source	1 source
`historyStarts`	Earliest stored history when established by the service; otherwise null.	null, not stated yet
`coverage`	Service-established coverage; null when unavailable.	`{"year":2026,"chamber":"all","filingCount":1,"filingsScanned":1,"filingsParsed":1,"filingsPending":0,"senateUnavailable":false,"summariesTruncated":false}`
`lastUpdated`	The source update time established by the service; otherwise null	`"2026-10-08T16:55:20.000Z"`

Sources

Source: Public government financial disclosures
Usage terms: Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms

Source	Usage terms
Public government financial disclosures	Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms

Errors

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