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Pelosi files amended financial disclosure

Posted by LegiStorm on Friday, June 12, 2009

We have uploaded financial disclosures for members of the House that have been made newly available since our posting of disclosures earlier this week.

They include an amendment that was just released by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose disclosure was featured in news reports because of her ownership, along with huband Paul, of stock in AIG. The insurance giant's financial collapse led to a massive government bailout. The amendment indicates that they have sold all their stock in the company, although the original form lists it as a partial sale.

Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.) has also filed two amendments to his disclosure and he's not done yet. He has said he will file yet another disclosure after a Roll Call story found that he had underreported the value of his home.

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House financial disclosures reveal big losses

Posted by LegiStorm on Thursday, June 11, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband lost between $100,001 and $1 million on an investment in American International Group according to her 2009 personal financial disclosure.

The revelation was the main focus of a number of news stories published after LegiStorm announced we had posted the disclosures for members of the House yesterday, two days before the schedule release.

The Washington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal were among the outlets that looked at the files on LegiStorm and wrote about what they found.

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posted in members of Congress, personal financial disclosures, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
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House to post expense records online

Posted by LegiStorm on Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Closing a huge information gap, the House of Representatives expects to put the expense records of all representatives online.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a letter she sent to the House's chief administrative officer today, directing that the House's Statement of Disbursements be posted online "at the earliest date." The Statement of Disbursements includes all official expenses for each member, including salaries.

The expense reports have been released as printed volumes, running to thousands of pages covered in small type each quarter. The volumes were available in a basement office of a House office building.

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Foreign Gifts database on LegiStorm

Posted by LegiStorm on Monday, May 12, 2008
LegiStorm has launched a new database of all foreign gifts (whether tangible gifts or travel) received by members of Congress and their staff in the past decade.

Our database covers from 1999 to the present. In that time, more than 450 gifts in all were reported having been received by congressmen and their aides by foreign governments. These gifts include tangible ones, such as a ceremonial sword, or travel, such as a ride in a military helicopter. Only gifts above what the law has determined to be "minimal value" is considered reportable. The Senate defines "minimal value" as $100, while the House and executive branch adjust the value by inflation. In 2008, the value for the House and executive branch was $335.

Roll Call's Jennifer Yachnin had a story this morning on the subject of foreign gifts: "Even as new ethics restrictions have made it difficult for Members and staff to accept gifts — aside from token baseball caps or T-shirts — one area remains where lawmakers and their staffs can collect trinkets more or less guilt-free: foreign travel."

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