436 Days Late: The 10 Worst STOCK Act Delays in Five Years

The law says 45 days. Tim Walberg took 481. Here's the full embarrassment, ranked.

By Beltway Alpha · Edited by Sean Baptiste · Published 2026-07-06

Tim Walberg purchased Amazon stock in February 2025 and got around to disclosing it 436 days past the legal deadline. The STOCK Act requires Members of Congress to report trades within 45 days. One line, not ambiguous. Walberg filed in June 2026. The trade was from February 2025. These are the ten members who treated that deadline as a loose suggestion, ranked from merely very late to whatever you call 436 days.

#10 Julia Letlow

Sale of $ACN (1K-15K) on 2025-01-15. Disclosed 2026-01-14. 319 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Letlow's Accenture sale from January 2025 took 319 days to appear. That's still almost a full year. On a list like this, 319 days is the participation-trophy slot.

#9 Virginia Foxx

Purchase of $NEWT ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2021-08-30. Disclosed 2022-09-08. 329 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Foxx purchased Newtek Business Services in August 2021 and disclosed it 329 days late. The penalty for this is $200. Newtek's minimum trade range starts at $1,001.

#8 John Hickenlooper

Sale of $PLTR (1K-15K) on 2025-04-16. Disclosed 2026-05-05. 339 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Hickenlooper sold Palantir and took 339 days to say so. Palantir, the data-analytics firm governments pay to track things, would have flagged this faster.

#7 John Fetterman

Purchase of $FCBN (1K-15K) on 2025-04-24. Disclosed 2026-05-15. 341 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Fetterman's purchase of First Community Bancorp shares landed in the system 341 days past deadline. He has been publicly vocal about congressional transparency. The filing timeline is also public.

#6 Josh Gottheimer

Sale of $CRNC ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2021-08-15. Disclosed 2022-09-16. 352 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Gottheimer sold Cerence shares and disclosed the transaction 352 days late. He sits on the House Financial Services Committee. The committee oversees financial disclosure rules.

#5 Carol Devine Miller

Purchase of $BLK ($15,001 - $50,000) on 2021-07-28. Disclosed 2022-09-02. 356 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Miller put $15,001 to $50,000 into BlackRock in July 2021 and disclosed it 356 days after the window closed. BlackRock, for its part, files things on time.

#4 Val Hoyle

Sale of $LA (1K-15K) on 2025-04-02. Disclosed 2026-05-15. 363 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Hoyle's sale of $LA cleared in April 2025 and appeared in the system 363 days late. The trade was small. The wait was not.

#3 John Boozman

Sale of $DTE (1K-15K) on 2025-03-19. Disclosed 2026-05-11. 373 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Boozman sold DTE Energy stock and apparently needed 373 days to locate a form. The Senate's schedule is busy. The disclosure portal is not.

#2 Daniel Webster

Sale of $REXR (15K-50K) on 2025-02-26. Disclosed 2026-06-01. 415 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Webster's Rexford Industrial sale took 415 days to surface. That's not a filing delay. That's a filing sabbatical.

#1 Tim Walberg

Purchase of $AMZN (1K-15K) on 2025-02-07. Disclosed 2026-06-03. 436 days past the STOCK Act deadline.

Walberg's Amazon purchase sat undisclosed for longer than a full congressional session. The 45-day rule exists in writing. He is aware of writing.

The STOCK Act's late-filing penalty is $200. Not $2,000. Not $20,000. Two hundred dollars, which is roughly what a member of Congress earns in the time it takes to read this sentence.

Members are required to disclose. They are not required to divest, recuse, or feel any urgency about the calendar whatsoever. The receipts are public. Make of them what you make of them.

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436 Days Late: The 10 Worst STOCK Act Delays in Five Years

The law says 45 days. Tim Walberg took 481. Here's the full embarrassment, ranked.