The Named Plays
Standing reports, each built from a published rule. Every play states what it selects, what it does not claim, and where its windows and definitions come from.
Inside the Huddle
Trades within 30 days of a markup or hearing in the traded sector, by a member who sits on that committee.
Covering the Bet
Disclosed sales dated in the days before a recorded vote the member then cast, in a company whose sector falls under a committee that handled that bill.
Flagrant Foul
Trades paired with a recorded vote the member cast on a bill touching that security's sector — direction and position shown side by side, judgment left to you.
10th Inning
Transactions dated inside a federal funding lapse — when much of the government is closed but members retain committee knowledge, agency contacts, and advance awareness of how the standoff will resolve.
Overtime
Transactions during a lame-duck session by members who were on their way out — their final term ended with that Congress. Full access, an expiring mandate, and no next election to answer to.
Preseason
Transactions between an election and the swearing-in, by members who had just been elected but not yet sworn in — briefings have begun, disclosure obligations have not fully attached.
Still to build
- The Whistle — trades crossing published statistical thresholds.
Each ships only once its rule can be stated publicly and checked against the records behind it.
Where we stop short of the Playbook. A Flagrant Foul is defined there as a trade that contradicts a member's voting record. Publishing that would mean deciding what a given vote was worth to an industry — an opinion, and this site does not publish those. That report shows the trade and the vote together, with both records linked, and leaves the conclusion where it belongs.