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Congress Trades Filed Early September 2026: Whitehouse Tech Sales and McGuire NVDA Buy

ProBors shows 11 early-September congressional filings—Whitehouse NVDA/LRCX sales, McGuire NVDA buy, Beyer muni exchanges, and Jackson VSAT.

Congressional stock trades filed in early September 2026 are a smaller batch than late August, but the mix is still worth reading carefully. As of September 7, 2026, ProBors shows 11 deduplicated disclosure rows with filing dates on September 1 and September 2—spanning four members across House and Senate. Sheldon Whitehouse's September 2 Senate filing clusters NVDA sales with a Lam Research (LRCX) line and a Sandoz ADR sale, while John McGuire's September 1 House filing pairs an NVDA purchase with a partial Apple (AAPL) sale. Donald Beyer's same-day House filing is municipal-bond activity, not equity. This is research context, not investment advice.

Snapshot summary

ProBors sorts congressional disclosures by filing date. In the September 1–2 filing window:

  • 11 rows after deduplication (identical politician, ticker or asset, type, trade date, filing date, amount, and chamber removed)
  • 4 politicians filed in this window: Sheldon Whitehouse (5 rows), Donald Beyer (3 rows), John McGuire (2 rows), and Jonathan Jackson (1 row)
  • Chamber split: 6 House rows, 5 Senate rows
  • Transaction mix: 5 sales, 2 partial sales, 2 purchases, 2 exchanges
  • Signal tiers: 0 High signal rows, 3 Worth watching, 8 Normal
  • Filing lag: 5-day minimum (Jackson's VSAT partial sale), 20-day median, 29-day maximum on Beyer's August municipal-bond exchanges
  • Notable clusters: Whitehouse's five-line September 2 Senate batch covering NVDA, LRCX, AMGN, and Sandoz Group ADR; McGuire's paired NVDA buy and AAPL partial sale on one September 1 House filing; Beyer's three-line municipal and structured-note activity filed September 1

The early-September wave is much quieter than late August's 41-row batch. Over the prior 14 days, congressional ticker activity in ProBors remains thin—Alphabet (GOOGL), ViaSat (VSAT), and a handful of other names each appear once.

Recent disclosures worth a closer look

The table below shows deduplicated rows from ProBors as of September 7, 2026. Lag is calendar days between transaction date and filing date as reported in each disclosure.

PoliticianChamberTicker / assetTypeTradedFiledLagAmount rangeSignal
Jonathan JacksonHouseVSATSale (Partial)August 28, 2026September 2, 20265 days$1,001–$15,000Normal
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateNVDASaleAugust 13, 2026September 2, 202620 days$15,001–$50,000Normal
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateLRCXSaleAugust 13, 2026September 2, 202620 days$1,001–$15,000Worth watching
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateSandoz Group ADR (no ticker)SaleAugust 6, 2026September 2, 202627 days$1,001–$15,000Worth watching
John McGuireHouseNVDAPurchaseAugust 18, 2026September 1, 202614 days$1,001–$15,000Normal
John McGuireHouseAAPLSale (Partial)August 18, 2026September 1, 202614 days$1,001–$15,000Worth watching
Donald BeyerHouseWashington State bond (no ticker)ExchangeAugust 3, 2026September 1, 202629 days$50,001–$100,000Normal
Donald BeyerHouseCalifornia State bond (no ticker)ExchangeAugust 3, 2026September 1, 202629 days$15,001–$50,000Normal

How to read this without overfitting:

  • Jackson's VSAT partial sale filed September 2 with 5-day lag is the fastest equity turnaround in this snapshot—a small House line on an August 28 trade date.
  • Whitehouse's September 2 cluster spans five Senate rows across NVDA (two bracket lines), LRCX, AMGN, and a Sandoz Group ADR sale with no equity ticker. ProBors flagged the LRCX and Sandoz lines as Worth watching—partly because LRCX had recent congressional activity from other members and the Sandoz row is a first-time ticker disclosure for this member in the dataset.
  • McGuire's September 1 House filing pairs an NVDA purchase with a partial AAPL sale on the same August 18 trade date, both with 14-day lag. The AAPL line carries a Worth watching signal; the NVDA purchase does not. That is a rebalance pattern, not a single-direction bet.
  • Beyer's September 1 batch covers municipal-bond purchases and exchanges from early August with 27- to 29-day lag. These are fixed-income disclosures without equity tickers—treat them separately from the tech lines above.

Filing lag in plain language

STOCK Act disclosures are periodic reports, not live trade feeds. In this early-September snapshot:

  • Fastest: Jackson's VSAT partial sale at 5-day lag—traded August 28, filed September 2
  • Typical fresh equity trades: Whitehouse's NVDA and LRCX lines at 20-day lag, filed September 2 on August 13 trade dates
  • Same-day trade pairs: McGuire's NVDA buy and AAPL partial sale both show 14-day lag on August 18 trade dates
  • Municipal batch: Beyer's September 1 House filing covers August bond activity with 27- to 29-day lag

When a headline says a senator "just disclosed" tech sales, check both dates. A September 2 filing may cover trades from mid-August. For the rules behind that gap, see STOCK Act filing delay explained.

How to research this week's filings on ProBors

  1. Open Congressional trades and sort by filing date descending to mirror this snapshot.
  2. Filter by Senate when you want clusters like Whitehouse's September 2 NVDA and LRCX batch.
  3. Filter by House for McGuire's paired NVDA and AAPL lines or Beyer's municipal-bond exchanges.
  4. Sort by signal score when you want to triage the three Worth watching rows before reading every Normal line.
  5. Cross-check any notable row against the original PTR or Senate eFD PDF before citing it in notes or journalism.

For chamber-specific workflows, see the House stock trading tracker and Senate stock trading tracker guides.

What this does not prove

A filing date in early September does not mean the politician traded that week. Whitehouse's September 2 Senate batch covers August trade dates—filed about two to three weeks later. McGuire's NVDA purchase and AAPL partial sale on the same August 18 date could reflect portfolio rebalancing, not a directional call on either name. Beyer's September 1 municipal exchanges are bond housekeeping, not a stock thesis. Whitehouse's Worth watching LRCX and Sandoz lines combine disclosure timing with cross-member context—they do not establish non-public information, committee conflict, or timing around pending legislation. None of these disclosures are trade signals. They are public records worth reading carefully.

FAQ

How many congressional trades were filed in early September 2026?

ProBors shows 11 deduplicated disclosure rows with filing dates on September 1 and September 2, 2026, across four politicians. The count is after removing identical politician-ticker-type-date-amount-chamber duplicates.

Why did Sheldon Whitehouse file multiple NVDA sales on one date?

Whitehouse's September 2 Senate filing includes two NVDA sale lines in different amount brackets ($1,001–$15,000 and $15,001–$50,000) on the same August 13 trade date. That pattern is consistent with a single disclosure covering multiple bracket lines rather than separate trading days.

Which tickers appeared most in congressional filings recently?

Over the prior 14 days in ProBors, ticker activity remains sparse—GOOGL, VSAT, IBM, and a handful of other names each appear once. The early-September window is dominated by Whitehouse's NVDA and LRCX lines and McGuire's NVDA purchase rather than broad multi-member overlap.

How does this batch compare to late August 2026?

Late August carried 41 deduplicated rows across Pelosi, McCormick, Boozman, and Rulli—including high-bracket tech and a large Senate backlog. Early September has 11 rows from four members, with no High signal tiers and no single filing above $100,000 in the equity lines shown above.

Where can I verify these rows against original filings?

Each House PTR is available through the House Clerk's disclosure search. Senate reports are published through the Senate eFD system. Rows were checked in ProBors and should be verified against the original filing.

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