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Sheldon Whitehouse

D Democrat · Senator, Rhode Island
33
Moderate self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#28 of 193 scored

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and his wife Sandra maintain an actively traded portfolio of individual securities; his office states a financial advisor trades independently without input from the family. Public reporting documents a 2022 STOCK Act late-disclosure violation (Target and Tesla purchases filed past the 45-day deadline) and a September 2022 New York Times finding that some household trades intersected with his committee work, including holdings in Goldman Sachs (up to ~$250,000) while he chairs the Budget Committee and criticizes Wall Street, and roughly $919,000 in consumer-goods companies he publicly criticized for "shrinkflation." His estimated net worth ($7M-$21M) makes him one of the wealthier senators, but reporting attributes a large share to family inheritance predating office, which the rubric excludes from scoring. His top career donor industry is Lawyers/Law Firms (~$927,000), reflecting correlation only with no evidence of quid-pro-quo. A 2025 ethics complaint over ~$7M in federal grants to his wife's employer (Ocean Conservancy) was dismissed by the Senate Ethics Committee, and his vote-attendance record (2.2% missed) is better than the Senate median; no evidence of campaign-fund personal use or a staff-to-lobbyist pipeline was found.

Public record

In Congress since
2007
Committees
Environment and Public Works (Ranking Member)
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Chairman)
Finance
Budget
Judiciary
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Missed votes, 119th Congress
3.9% (36 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$500K raised · 11% from PACs & committees · $1.1M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

60trades since Jan 2025
5buys
55sells
0filed past 45 days
$636K–$2.3Mdisclosed value range

Most-traded: NVDA ×12 · SBUX ×5 · AAPL ×4 · JPM ×3 · PEP ×3 · ADI ×2 · V ×2 · LRCX ×2

TradedFiledOwnerAssetTypeAmount
Sep 4, 2026Oct 1, 2026SpouseJPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2026Oct 1, 2026SpouseADI Analog Devices, Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2026Oct 1, 2026SpouseV Visa Inc.Partial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2026Oct 1, 2026MemberV Visa Inc.Partial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2026Oct 1, 2026MemberJPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 13, 2026Sep 2, 2026MemberNVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 13, 2026Sep 2, 2026SpouseNVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Aug 13, 2026Sep 2, 2026SpouseLRCX Lam Research Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Aug 12, 2026Sep 2, 2026SpouseAMGN Amgen Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Aug 6, 2026Sep 2, 2026MemberSDZNY- Sandoz Group AG ADRSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 20, 2026Aug 3, 2026MemberLOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jun 30, 2026Jul 8, 2026MemberNVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 25, 2026Jul 8, 2026MemberCCI Crown Castle Inc. Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jun 25, 2026Jul 8, 2026MemberCOHR Coherent Corp. Common StockBuy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 25, 2026Jul 8, 2026MemberMU Micron Technology, Inc. - Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jun 24, 2026Jul 8, 2026MemberAAPL Apple Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 24, 2026Jul 8, 2026SpouseAAPL Apple Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
May 8, 2026Jun 2, 2026MemberNVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$100,001 - $250,000filing ↗
May 8, 2026Jun 2, 2026SpouseNVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$100,001 - $250,000filing ↗
May 7, 2026Jun 2, 2026MemberORCL Oracle Corporation Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Apr 13, 2026May 4, 2026MemberJPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common StockPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Mar 30, 2026Apr 8, 2026SpousePEP PepsiCo, Inc. - Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 23, 2026Mar 6, 2026MemberHD Home Depot, Inc. (The) Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 23, 2026Mar 6, 2026MemberPEP PepsiCo, Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 23, 2026Mar 6, 2026SpouseVZ Verizon Communications Inc. Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 23, 2026Mar 6, 2026SpouseMA Mastercard Incorporated Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 23, 2026Mar 6, 2026SpousePEP PepsiCo, Inc. - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026MemberSBUX Starbucks CorpSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026MemberNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026MemberHD Home DepotPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026SpouseSBUX Starbucks CorpSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026SpouseNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jan 9, 2026Feb 4, 2026SpouseMCD McDonald's CorpSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Nov 21, 2025Dec 1, 2025MemberGH Guardant Health IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Nov 21, 2025Dec 1, 2025MemberKO Coca-Cola CompanyBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Nov 21, 2025Dec 1, 2025MemberHSY Hershey Foods CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Oct 27, 2025Nov 3, 2025SpousePGR Progressive CorpSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Oct 20, 2025Nov 3, 2025MemberNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberUNH Unitedhealth Group IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberVZ Verizon Communications IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberHON Honeywell International IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberRI INFRASTRUCTURE BK SAFE DRINKINSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberAMGN Amgen IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberAAPL Apple IncPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Sep 4, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberMSFT Microsoft CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 28, 2025Sep 3, 2025SpouseUNH Unitedhealth Group IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 28, 2025Sep 3, 2025SpouseLRCX Lam Research CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 28, 2025Sep 3, 2025SpouseKVUE Kenvue IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Aug 28, 2025Sep 3, 2025MemberDHR Danaher CorpSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 7, 2025Aug 4, 2025SpouseNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jul 3, 2025Aug 4, 2025MemberADI Analog DevicesSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Apr 29, 2025May 13, 2025MemberEL Estee Lauder CompaniesSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Apr 14, 2025May 13, 2025SpouseNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Apr 14, 2025May 13, 2025MemberAAPL Apple IncPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Apr 14, 2025May 13, 2025MemberSBUX Starbucks CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Apr 11, 2025May 13, 2025SpouseSBUX Starbucks Corporation - Common StockPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Apr 11, 2025May 13, 2025MemberSBUX Starbucks CorpPartial sell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Apr 3, 2025May 13, 2025SpouseHON Honeywell International IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jan 6, 2025Jan 8, 2025MemberNVDA Nvidia CorpPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗

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Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
58
Whitehouse and his wife actively trade individual securities. A 2022 STOCK Act late-disclosure violation (Target and Tesla) and a NYT investigation finding trades intersecting his committee work, plus holdings in Goldman Sachs (~$250K) while chairing the Budget Committee and criticizing Wall Street, and ~$919K in companies he criticized for 'shrinkflation,' present documented conflicts. His office states an advisor trades independently without family input; no proven market-beating returns or insider-timing findings.
In March 2022, Business Insider reported Whitehouse violated the STOCK Act by failing to disclose Target and Tesla stock purchases by the federal 45-day deadline; his office blamed a staff transition.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗A September 2022 New York Times investigation found Whitehouse among members of Congress who traded stock intersecting with the work of committees on which they serve.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗Whitehouse held up to ~$250,000 in Goldman Sachs shares/funds while chairing the Senate Budget Committee and criticizing Wall Street, and he and his wife held up to ~$919,000 in PepsiCo, Walmart, Procter & Gamble and ConAgra shares despite criticizing those firms for 'shrinkflation'; a spokesperson said the account manager trades without family input.News reportingwashingtonexaminer.com ↗Whitehouse's congressional trading activity is tracked publicly, listing him among more active senate stock traders.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
12
Whitehouse's estimated net worth (~$7M-$21M; ranked among wealthier senators) is substantial, but reporting attributes a large share to family inheritance and pre-office investments, which the rubric excludes. No sourced evidence shows abnormal wealth growth beyond salary, market returns and inheritance during his tenure.
Whitehouse's net worth was estimated between ~$6.98M and ~$20.97M per his 2023 disclosure, making him one of the wealthier senators; a large portion is attributed to family inheritance plus stock and real-estate investments.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗OpenSecrets ranked Whitehouse 21st in the Senate with an estimated net worth of ~$7.44M in 2018.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
30
Correlation, not proof. Whitehouse's top career contributing industry is Lawyers/Law Firms (~$927,627), consistent with his legal background and Judiciary Committee role; PACs are a minority (~14%) of receipts. No sourced evidence of quid-pro-quo, and his agenda (climate, dark-money disclosure) does not align with a single concentrated donor industry seeking favorable votes.
For the 2019-2024 cycle, Lawyers/Law Firms was Whitehouse's top contributing industry at ~$927,627; ~14% of contributions came from PACs and ~66% from large individual donors.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Whitehouse received over $175,000 from the League of Conservation Voters and contributions from environmental donors, aligning with his climate-focused legislative agenda.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No sourced public record was found indicating Whitehouse's campaign committee (Whitehouse for Senate) or any leadership PAC spent funds on personal-benefit categories. Per the rubric, absence of data is not penalized.
Whitehouse's principal campaign committee, Whitehouse for Senate (C00410803), reported routine fundraising and spending (e.g., $161.2K spent and $1.2M cash on hand in Q3 2025); no personal-use findings were reported.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
33
A 2025 FACT ethics complaint alleged a conflict because legislation Whitehouse backed directed ~$7M (part of ~$14.2M in grants since 2008) to Ocean Conservancy, where his wife Sandra has worked and been paid ~$2.69M since 2010. The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed the complaint, finding no rule violation, and the group says the grants were competitively awarded and his wife was not paid from them. No staff-to-lobbyist pipeline evidence was found.
FACT asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate whether Whitehouse's advocacy/votes for legislation channeling ~$7M to his wife's employer, Ocean Conservancy, constituted a conflict of interest.News reportingfactdc.org ↗Ocean Conservancy received ~$14.2M in federal grants since 2008 and paid Sandra Whitehouse ~$2,686,800 since 2010; the Senate Ethics Committee dismissed FACT's 2025 letter on March 28, 2025, finding no violation, and the group says grants were competitively awarded and his wife was not compensated from them.News reportingoceanconservancy.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
6
Whitehouse has a strong attendance record, missing 147 of 6,785 roll-call votes (2.2%) from 2007 to June 2026, below the ~2.8% median for current senators. No sourced evidence links fundraising or paid speeches to missed votes.
From January 2007 to June 2026 Whitehouse missed 147 of 6,785 roll-call votes (2.2%), below the 2.8% median for currently serving senators.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 5 reference database · 3 news reporting · 3 data aggregator · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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