Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 31, 2022
Personal financial disclosures provide important information about members' assets, debts and potential conflicts of interest. But for outgoing Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), filing an annual disclosure hasn't been a priority this year.
Members' annual reports are due on May 15 each year. Members have the option to file for an extension that allows them to delay their filings until Aug. 13. Brady and Meijer are the only two members who have yet to file their 2022 annual disclosures, according to a LegiStorm review. Each filed for an extension in May.
It's normal for members to file for an extension — 201 representatives and 36 senators did so this year. But flouting the extended deadline for months is far less commonplace. At this time last year, all members had filed their annual disclosures. Reps. John Rose (R-Tenn.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) were the last to file, each submitting their report on Sept. 12, 2021. Brady and Meijer each submitted their reports on the Aug. 13 extended due date last year.
Neither of this year's non-filers will return to Congress next session: Brady is retiring at the end of this term, while Meijer lost his primary.
Some 11 representatives filed reports more than 30 days after the extended deadline this year, with the latest — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) — filing her report on Sept. 17. No senators filed their reports after Aug. 13.
Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:
