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readsludge190 karma

Ocasio-Cortez has no stock investments. She has two Schwab bank accounts and one retirement account. She also has a student loan. http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2018/10021221.pdf

readsludge119 karma

We're focused on the House today, but you can find Sanders' 2017 disclosure here (you have to click a box first) https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/annual/fbe78885-0e7f-4e56-9033-6c3c6e547946/

As of the end of 2017, he and his wife didn't have any direct stock investments. Much of their money is invested in pretty broad mutual funds.

readsludge112 karma

Schrader is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees environmental protection, clean air, climate change, energy policy, and drinking water safety. Currently, Schrader has as much as $170,000 invested in fossil fuels companies, including ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Pioneer Natural Resources. Energy and Commerce also has jurisdiction over tech issues, like net neutrality, and Schrader has as much as $15,000 invested in Comcast stock.

readsludge95 karma

We hope to! That's what we would like to do as a stretch goal for our kickstarter. 

Yes! We've already begun looking at some of the Silicon Valley investments. There's a ton. This is something we've reported on a bit in the past. For example, this piece on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband's investment in Facebook stock, which she failed to disclose until after she questioned Zuckerberg at a committee hearing last July: https://readsludge.com/2018/07/11/as-feinstein-questioned-zuckerberg-an-undisclosed-investment-in-facebook/ 

readsludge78 karma

Good question! Members' financial investments are vastly underreported, something we're trying to change. Since Chris Collins was indicted on insider trading, people have become more aware of these issues.