Cheri Bustos Democrat · IL-17
House of Representatives · former member · serving since 2013 · born October 17, 1961
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In plain language
Of 21 disclosed trades, 0 were flagged by the site's published rules.
None of these trades met the flagging rules. That is the ordinary result — most trades, by most members, are unremarkable.
Across the whole database, congressional trading beats the market by close to nothing on average, and only slightly more trades look unusual than chance alone would produce. Most members, most of the time, are unremarkable. That is the backdrop for anything you read here. A flag is a prompt to look at the record, never a finding about a person.
Seat & district history
| Seat | Congresses | Served | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL-17 | 113th–117th | 2013–2023 | first seat |
District numbers change when a state is redistricted, so a renumbering here is not necessarily a move — the boundaries were redrawn around the member. Term records come from the public congress-legislators dataset.
Committees
No current committee assignments on file (former member).
Earlier Congresses
| Congress | Committee | Position | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 117th | House Committee on Agriculture | Member | 2021-03 → 2022-11 |
| 117th | House Committee on Appropriations | Member | 2021-03 → 2022-11 |
| 116th | House Committee on Agriculture | Member | 2019-01 → 2020-12 |
| 116th | House Committee on Appropriations | Member | 2019-02 → 2020-12 |
| 116th | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Member | 2019-01 → 2019-01 |
| 115th | House Committee on Agriculture | Member | 2017-01 → 2018-12 |
| 115th | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Member | 2017-01 → 2018-12 |
| 114th | House Committee on Agriculture | Member | 2015-02 → 2016-12 |
| 114th | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Member | 2015-02 → 2016-12 |
| 113th | House Committee on Agriculture | Member | 2013-03 → 2014-11 |
| 113th | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Member | 2013-03 → 2014-11 |
The published roster covers only the sitting Congress, so earlier assignments are reconstructed from the dated version history of that same public dataset, sampled monthly back to 2012. Observed is the span across which we actually saw the seat held — it is evidence of tenure, not a precise start and end date, and a seat that changed hands between two monthly samples may be dated up to a month out. Committees with no history recorded are absent because no snapshot showed them, which is not evidence the member held no seat.
Currently trading — last 6 months
No transactions disclosed in the last 6 months.
Previously traded
Securities with disclosed transactions before this window and none since. A security leaving this list means no reported trading — not that a position was closed. Holdings themselves are not disclosed in these filings.
| Ticker | Security | Sector | Trades | Buys / Sells | Total value | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIMC | Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (AIMC) | — | 2 | 0 / 1 | $16,001 | 2018-10 → 2020-04 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock (M… | Software & IT Services | 2 | 1 / 1 | $65,001 | 2019-10 → 2020-04 |
| BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New Common Stoc… | — | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2020-04 → 2020-04 |
| MA | Mastercard Incorporated Common Stock (M… | Business Services | 2 | 1 / 1 | $47,502 | 2019-10 → 2020-03 |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock (AMZN) | Retail & Consumer | 2 | 1 / 1 | $47,502 | 2019-10 → 2020-03 |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | Medical Devices | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2020-03 → 2020-03 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corporation - Class A Common St… | Telecommunications | 2 | 1 / 1 | $65,001 | 2019-10 → 2020-02 |
| TGT | Target Corp | Retail & Consumer | 2 | 1 / 1 | $65,001 | 2020-02 → 2020-02 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Company | Media & Entertainment | 2 | 1 / 1 | $65,001 | 2019-10 → 2020-02 |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL) | Technology Hardware | 1 | 0 / 1 | $15,001 | 2019-10 → 2019-10 |
| DHR | Danaher Corp | Medical Devices | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2019-10 → 2019-10 |
| ULTA | Ulta Beauty, Inc. - Common Stock (ULTA) | Retail & Consumer | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2019-10 → 2019-10 |
The Spread by year
| Year | Spread | Trades priced | Disclosed value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +3.1% | 9 | $292,505 |
| 2019 | -2.4% | 8 | $207,506 |
Transaction timing versus the market over 90 trading days — not portfolio return, which these filings cannot support. See Methodology and the Scoreboard for the population baseline.
All transactions
| Date | Ticker | Asset | Action | Amount (as filed) | Owner | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-06 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-04-06 | BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-04-06 | AIMC | Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (AIMC) | sell | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2020-03-24 | MA | Mastercard Incorporated (MA) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-03-17 | LHX | l3Harris Technologies, Inc. (lHX) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-03-17 | AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-25 | TGT | Target Corporation (TgT) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-25 | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation - Class A (CMCSA) gfedc | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-10 | DIS | Walt Disney Company (DIS) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-10 | TGT | Target Corporation (TgT) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-29 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | DIS | Walt disney Company (dIS) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | ULTA | ulta Beauty, Inc. (ulTA) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | MA | Mastercard Incorporated (MA) | buy | $15,001+ | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | — | l3Harris Technologies, Inc. (lHX) | buy | $15,001+ | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | DHR | danaher Corporation (dHR) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | CMCSA | Comcast Corporation - Class A (CMCSA) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | AAPL | Apple Inc. (AAPl) | sell | $15,001+ | self | record |
| 2019-10-18 | AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) | buy | $15,001+ | self | record |
| 2018-10-02 | AIMC | Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (AIMC) | exchange | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2018-09-27 | — | 2000043477 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New | buy | $15,001+ | self | record |