How We Tag Committee Relevance
Most congressional trade trackers show raw disclosure data. We go a step further by mapping every member of Congress to their committee assignments, then cross-referencing the sector of each traded stock against what that committee oversees.
- We map each member of Congress to their current committee assignments (Armed Services, Energy, Intelligence, Finance, etc.)
- We classify every traded stock into sectors using our sector taxonomy (defense, energy, AI, robotics, crypto, etc.)
- We cross-reference: does this member's committee have oversight over the sector of the stock they traded?
- If yes, the trade is flagged as "committee-relevant" — meaning the trader has non-public informational advantages in this sector
Example: A senator on the SASC Armed Services Committee purchasing shares of a defense prime contractor like Lockheed Martin (LMT) is flagged as committee-relevant. They have direct oversight of defense budgets and contract awards.
Research shows that committee-relevant trades generate meaningfully different returns than non-committee trades. Read our full methodology →