House of Representatives by party

‘The “60 Minutes” piece last week on the free pass members of Congress get when it comes to trading on nonpublic information they routinely receive opened a lot of eyes. But it came as no surprise to reform advocates or academicians who have studied the investing skills of federal lawgivers for years.

A 2004 study concluded that U.S. senators outperformed the stock market by 12 percent annually during the 1990s, about twice as well as corporate insiders did. A more recent study concluded that members of the House of Representatives outperformed the broad market by about 6 percent annually.’ (via Post-Gazette, with thanks to abby)