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# Unusual Whales: Get Congress Trades

Get recent congressional stock trades. Returns politician name, chamber (Senate/House), transaction type, amount range, trade and filing dates, and issuer. Ideal for: monitoring political trading signals, detecting insider-like trades by congress members, building alerts on politician buying/selling patterns.

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Catalog action Blockchain Data

Get recent congressional stock trades. Returns politician name, chamber (Senate/House), transaction type, amount range, trade and filing dates, and issuer. Ideal for: monitoring political trading signals, detecting insider-like trades by congress members, building alerts on politician buying/selling patterns.


## At a Glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Action ID | `unusualwhales-get-congress-trades` |
| Category | Blockchain Data |
| Connector | Not required |
| Requires gas | No |
| Funds movement | None declared |
| Tags | `congress`, `politics`, `insider`, `market-data`, `read` |

## Payload Schema

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ticker` | `string` | No | Filter by ticker symbol |
| `date` | `string` | No | Filter by date \(YYYY-MM-DD format\) |
| `limit` | `number` | No | Maximum number of trades to return |

## Result Schema

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `trades` | `array` | Yes | List of recent congressional stock trades |

## Examples

**Workflow node**

```json
{
  "type": "unusualwhales-get-congress-trades",
  "payload": {
    "ticker": "example-ticker",
    "date": "2026-04-25",
    "limit": 1
  },
  "children": []
}
```
  **Test with API**

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.b3os.org/v1/actions/unusualwhales-get-congress-trades/test" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "inputs": {
    "ticker": "example-ticker",
    "date": "2026-04-25",
    "limit": 1
  }
}'
```

**Use expressions for dynamic values**

Payload fields can use workflow expressions such as `{{$trigger.body.amount}}`, `{{$nodes.fetch.result.price}}`, and `{{$props.asset}}` when the value should come from a trigger, prior node, or reusable workflow prop.