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Michael K. Simpson Republican · ID-2

House of Representatives · in office · serving since 1999 · born September 8, 1950

Transactions 50 across 9 filings
Securities traded 30 0 active in 6 months
Disclosed range total $162,050 sum of filed minimums
Huddle pairings 0 none recorded

In plain language

Of 50 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

SeatCongressesServedChange
ID-2 106th–119th 1999–2027 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

Current (119th Congress)

CommitteePositionRankSideJurisdiction
House Committee on Appropriations Member 4 majority

Earlier Congresses

CongressCommitteePositionObserved
118thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2023-02 → 2024-11
117thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2021-03 → 2022-11
116thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2019-01 → 2020-12
115thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2017-01 → 2018-12
114thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2015-02 → 2016-12
113thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2013-01 → 2014-11
113thHouse Committee on the Budget Member 2013-01 → 2013-02
112thHouse Committee on Appropriations Member 2012-11 → 2012-11
112thHouse Committee on the Budget Member 2012-11 → 2012-11

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

0 securities

No transactions disclosed in the last 6 months.

Previously traded

30 securities

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.

TickerSecuritySectorTrades Buys / SellsTotal valueActive
USB U.S. Bancorp Common Stock Banking 1 1 / 0 $32,501 2023-03 → 2023-03
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. - Common Stock Capital Markets 2 2 / 0 $65,001 2020-06 → 2022-08
FDN First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-05 → 2021-05
AAL American Airlines Group, Inc. - Common … Transportation 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2021-03 → 2021-03
NEM Newmont Corporation (NEM) Mining & Metals 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
VIV.V Telefonica Brasil S.A. American Deposit… 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
CEMCF Cia Energetica De Minas Gerais Cemig Pr… 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
OGFGF Origin Energy Ltd Ordinary Shares (OGFG… 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
MLYNF Malayan Banking Ord Singapore Ordinary … 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
JGCCF J G C Corp (JGCCF) 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
AUY Yamana Gold Inc. Ordinary Shares (AUY) 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
WOLWF Woolworths Ltd Ord Ordinary Shares (WOL… 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
TSCDF Tesco Plc Ord Ordinary Shares (TSCDF) 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS) 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
NCMGF Newcrest Mining Ltd Ord Ordinary Shares… 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
MJDLF Major Drilling Grp Intl Ordinary Shares… 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) Electronics 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
EQNR Equinor ASA Oil & Gas 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
BHP BHP Group Limited American Depositary S… Mining & Metals 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
GOLD Barrick Gold Corp Option Type: Put Stri… Wholesale 2 0 / 2 $16,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
VIV Telefonica brasil S.A. American deposit… 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
CIG Comp En de Mn Cemig AdS American deposi… 1 0 / 1 $8,001 2021-01 → 2021-01
QQXT First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex- Technology S… 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-01 → 2021-01
FTA First Trust large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fu… 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2020-08 → 2020-08
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. - Common… Transportation 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2020-03 → 2020-03
FEI First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund … 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2020-03 → 2020-03
BA Boeing Company (BA) Defense & Aerospace 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2020-03 → 2020-03
PSX Phillips 66 Oil & Gas 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2020-03 → 2020-03
CIM Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM) 1 1 / 0 $8,001 2020-03 → 2020-03

The Spread by year

YearSpreadTrades pricedDisclosed value
2021 -17.4% 12 $120,506
2020 -26.3% 3 $24,002

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

DateTickerAssetActionAmount (as filed)OwnerFiling
2023-03-14 USB U.S. Bancorp (USB) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2022-08-03 TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-05-10 First Trust DJ Internet Index Fund sell $15,001+ self
2021-05-10 FDN First Trust DJ Internet Index Fund (FDN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-03-18 FIlINg STATuS: New buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-03-18 AAL American Airlines Group, Inc. (AAL) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 AUY Yamana Gold Inc. Ordinary Shares (AUY) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 WOLWF Woolworths Ltd Ord Ordinary Shares (WOLWF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 TSCDF Tesco Plc Ord Ordinary Shares (TSCDF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 VIV.V Telefonica Brasil S.A. American Depositary Shares (VIV.V) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 PDS Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 OGFGF Origin Energy Ltd Ordinary Shares (OGFGF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 NEM Newmont Corporation (NEM) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 NCMGF Newcrest Mining Ltd Ord Ordinary Shares (NCMGF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 MLYNF Malayan Banking Ord Singapore Ordinary Shares (MLYNF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 MJDLF Major Drilling Grp Intl Ordinary Shares (MJDLF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 JGCCF J G C Corp (JGCCF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 ERIC Ericsson - American Depositary Shares each representing 1 underlying Class B share (ERIC) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 EQNR Equinor ASA (EQNR) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 CEMCF Cia Energetica De Minas Gerais Cemig Pref Shares (CEMCF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 BHP BHP Group Limited American Depositary Shares (BHP) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-13 GOLD Barrick Gold Corporation Common Stock (GOLD) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-12 OGFGF Origin Energy ltd Ordinary Shares (OgFgF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-12 MLYNF Malayan banking Ord Singapore Ordinary Shares (MlYNF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-12 JGCCF J g C Corp (JgCCF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 AUY Yamana gold Inc. Ordinary Shares (AuY) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 WOLWF Woolworths ltd Ord Ordinary Shares (WOlWF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 TSCDF Tesco Plc Ord Ordinary Shares (TSCdF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 VIV Telefonica brasil S.A. American depositary Shares (VIV) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 PDS Precision drilling Corporation (PdS) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 NEM Newmont Corporation (NEM) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 NCMGF Newcrest Mining ltd Ord Ordinary Shares (NCMgF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 MJDLF Major drilling grp Intl Ordinary Shares (MJdlF) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 ERIC Ericsson - American depositary Shares each representing 1 underlying Class b share (ERIC) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 EQNR Equinor ASA (EQNR) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 CIG Comp En de Mn Cemig AdS American depositary Shares (CIg) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 BHP bHP group limited American depositary Shares (bHP) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-11 GOLD barrick gold Corporation Common Stock (gOld) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-01-04 First Trust Innovative Tech 22 sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-01-04 QQXT First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex- Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2020-08-27 FTA First Trust large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FTA) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2020-06-12 TROW T. Rowe Price group, Inc. (TROW) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2020-03-26 UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAl) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2020-03-26 FEI First Trust MlP and Energy Income Fund Common Shares of beneficial Interest (FEI) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2020-03-25 PSX Phillips 66 (PSX) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2020-03-25 CIM Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2020-03-25 BA boeing Company (bA) buy $1,001 – $15,000 self
2019-04-08 First Trust Innovative Tech 22 SA RE buy $1,001 – $15,000 self