Capitol Assets: A Washington Post investigation

Lawmakers moved assets amid crisis talks

(Speaker Boehner recast part of his assets during the crisis. | AP)

Kimberly Kindy, Scott Higham, David S. Fallis and Dan Keating

At least 34 members of Congress recast their financial portfolios following phone calls or meetings with high-ranking Treasury Department and Federal Reserve officials during the economic crisis.

Should Congress change its rules?

The sun rises over the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. The congressional supercommittee seeking a long-term debt-reduction deal over at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts remains deadlocked over Democrats' insistence on tax increases as a deadline for agreement nears. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Trading stocks they can influence

Dan Keating, David S. Fallis, Kimberly Kindy and Scott Higham

One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stocks in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a Washington Post analysis has found.

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Helping institutions with family ties

Scott Higham, Kimberly Kindy and David S. Fallis

Some members of Congress send tax dollars to institutions where their spouses, children and parents work, according to an examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The Washington Post.

Where public projects meet private interests

David S. Fallis, Scott Higham and Kimberly Kindy

EXCLUSIVE | Thirty-three members of Congress have steered more than $300 million in earmarks and other spending provisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or within about two miles of the lawmakers’ own property, according to a Washington Post investigation.