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Ethics in Government Act of 1978

Post-watergate American law

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Jan 28, 2026

What methodology do congressional financial disclosures use to report business interests and valuation ranges?

rules require filers to list business interests and asset values using predefined value ranges (categories of value) rather than exact dollar amounts, with templates and instructions set by and ethics...

Jan 28, 2026

What standards and methods do congressional financial disclosures use to report private-company valuations?

rules require Members and many staff to report holdings in private companies using prescribed forms, valuation dates and value categories rather than precise market-based appraisals, and to supplement...

Jan 28, 2026

What specific value brackets do congressional financial disclosure forms use and how have they changed over time?

require filers to report assets, liabilities, income and transactions using value categories (ranges) rather than precise dollar amounts , and those forms and the rules around them have been increment...

Jan 27, 2026

How have partisan media outlets framed politicians’ financial disclosures differently when the assets are held jointly or by spouses?

Partisan outlets have seized on the technicalities of and spousal holdings in politicians’ financial disclosure forms to tell competing stories: one side frames such arrangements as loopholes and opac...

Jan 5, 2026

How do Senate disclosure rules define travel or hospitality from foreign-linked entities?

Senate ethics rules treat travel or hospitality from foreign-linked entities—defined broadly to include foreign governments, registered foreign agents, and private sponsors that retain lobbyists—as gi...