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Ethics and how Congress works

In short

Taylor's campaign backs banning members' stock trading and lobbying, term limits and jail for stealing public money, and pledges no corporate PAC money. Wittman's campaign cites his budget-deadline bills and votes for a stock trading bill and pay freezes. Taylor's filings through July 15, 2026 show no PAC money the FEC ties to a corporation. Wittman voted for the stock bill, not law, and spending laws that froze pay; his deadline bills never left committee.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Shannon L. Taylor

Would ban stock trading by members of Congress, bar members from ever lobbying, require at least a year in jail for any member who steals $10,000 in public money, and set 12-year term limits she says she will follow herself. Pledges to take no corporate PAC money.

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Has introduced bills to stop members' pay when Congress misses budget deadlines and to keep the House in session until spending bills pass. Says he voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act and to freeze members' pay.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

    He voted for H.R. 7008 when it passed the House 232-198 on July 22, 2026, and the Senate failed to take it up on September 30.

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    His campaign says he voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act in July 2026. He voted Yea on House passage of H.R. 7008 on July 22, 2026. It passed 232-198. The Senate failed to take it up on September 30. Limit: This card tests his vote. His own trading is not something this vote record shows.

  2. official action

    Shannon L. Taylor: Matches stated record claim

    Her filings through July 15, 2026 show $341,794.70 from other committees, none the FEC ties to a corporation; her 2025 run for attorney general reported $800,000 from Dominion Energy's PAC.

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    Her agenda pledges never to take corporate PAC money, as a candidate or as a member of Congress. Her committee's filings through July 15, 2026 list $341,794.70 from other political committees on line 11C. None of those committees is one the FEC records as connected to a corporation. The money came from members' leadership PACs, other candidates' campaigns, labor unions' PACs, membership groups' PACs and unconnected PACs. Limit: This covers filings through July 15, 2026, and relies on the FEC's label for each committee. Leadership PACs and joint fundraising committees that gave to her can take corporate PAC money themselves. The pledge is about her run for Congress: her 2025 state campaign for attorney general reported $800,000 from Dominion Energy's Virginia PAC.

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    Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

    He voted for the 2024 and 2026 spending laws, each of which froze members' pay for that year as one part of a much larger bill.

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    His campaign says he has voted several times to block raises for members of Congress, most recently in the 2026 Legislative Branch spending law. The 2026 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, Division C of Public Law 119-37, blocks members' cost-of-living raise for fiscal year 2026. He voted Yea on the final House vote on that law on November 12, 2025. It passed 222-209. He also voted Yea on March 22, 2024 on the final House vote on the 2024 spending law, which froze members' pay for fiscal year 2024. Limit: Each pay freeze was one part of a large spending bill. Two of his votes were read, for 2024 and 2026; earlier years were not.

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    Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

    He has sponsored it in every Congress since 2015, along with two related measures, and each went to committee and no further.

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    He says he wrote and keeps reintroducing bills to hold Congress to its budget deadlines, naming the No Budget, No Pay Act, the Inaction Has Consequences Act and the Stay on Schedule Resolution. He has sponsored the No Budget, No Pay Act in every Congress since 2015, most recently as H.R. 208 in January 2025. He has also sponsored the Inaction Has Consequences Act since 2019 and the Stay on Schedule Resolution since 2015. Each was referred to committee and went no further. In January 2013 he voted Aye on H.R. 325, a one-time No Budget, No Pay Act that passed 285-144 and became law. Limit: His own bills have not had a committee vote. The 2013 law was not his bill.

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Sources26 source records

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  1. Shannon Taylor for Congress, Serve the People First agendahttps://shannontaylorva.com/agenda/

    Shannon Taylor for VA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01; about 1,900 words. Her ethics agenda, including the corporate PAC pledge. The site serves eight pages in all, per its own page sitemap.

    candidate statement

    For: Shannon L. Taylor: campaign position; Shannon L. Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  2. Re-Elect Rob Wittman for Congress, issueshttps://robwittman.com/issues/

    Rob Wittman for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01. Written in the first person: economy, education, fiscal accountability, health care, infrastructure, security, natural resources and energy.

    candidate statement

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: campaign position; Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  3. Re-Elect Rob Wittman for Congress, get the factshttps://robwittman.com/get-the-facts/

    Rob Wittman for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01. Mostly a reply to his opponent's attacks; the desk uses only what it says about his own votes.

    candidate statement

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: campaign position; Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  4. House roll call 280, 2026 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, 2026-07-22. Passed 232-198. Wittman voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  5. H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Steil. Passed the House 2026-07-22; the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed on 2026-09-30, 53-47.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  6. SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00918029&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01 by tools/fec-money/money.py: lines 11B (2 rows), 11C (174 rows, 19 of them memo entries) and 12 (87 rows, 81 memo), each reconciled to the filed totals with no difference. No line 11C contributor is a committee the FEC records as connected to a corporation.

    fec filing

    For: Shannon L. Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  7. SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA, pre-primary report 2026 (amended)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00918029/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. The amended pre-primary report, the most recent version, covering 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-15: file number 2006817, beginning image 202608179899533815, received 2026-08-17. It replaces file 2001599 of 2026-07-23.

    fec filing

    For: Shannon L. Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  8. Shannon Taylor for Virginia, campaign finance report for June 6 to June 30, 2025https://cfreports.elections.virginia.gov/Report/ReportXML/448153

    Virginia Department of Elections · Published Jul 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Her state campaign committee (CC-24-00375) for attorney general, report filed 2025-07-15. Schedule A lists Dominion Energy Inc. Political Action Committee - Virginia giving $150,000 on 2025-06-12, for a total to date of $800,000. Her earlier 2024-25 reports list the other gifts that make up that total, from $25,000 on 2024-08-14 to $250,000 on 2025-06-05.

    official election record

    For: Shannon L. Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  9. Public Law 119-37 (H.R. 5371, 119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved 2025-11-12. Division C, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026, section 210: no cost-of-living adjustment for Members of Congress during fiscal year 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  10. House roll call 285, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On agreeing to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5371, 2025-11-12. Passed 222-209. Wittman voted Yea. This sent the bill to be signed as Public Law 119-37, whose Division C is the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  11. Public Law 118-47, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 2882)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ47/html/PLAW-118publ47.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 23, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed 2024-03-23. Section 7: no cost-of-living adjustment for Members of Congress during fiscal year 2024. Division E is the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  12. House roll call 102, 2024 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On agreeing to H.Res. 1102, which sent the final 2024 spending bill (H.R. 2882) back to the Senate, 2024-03-22. Passed 286-134. Wittman voted Yea. The bill became Public Law 118-47. Read through the Congress.gov house-vote API on 2026-10-01; the Clerk's site returned HTTP 403 that day.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  13. H.Res. 1102 (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1102

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The rule under which the House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882 with its own amendment. Agreed to 286-134 (roll 102) on 2024-03-22; the Senate concurred the next day.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  14. H.R. 208, No Budget, No Pay Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/208

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  15. H.R. 225, No Budget, No Pay Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/225

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2023-01-09. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  16. H.R. 178, No Budget, No Pay Act (117th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/178

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2021-01-04. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  17. H.R. 236, No Budget, No Pay Act (116th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/236

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2019-01-03. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  18. H.R. 429, No Budget, No Pay Act (115th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/429

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2017-01-10. He introduced it again as H.R. 5465 in 2018.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  19. H.R. 174, No Budget, No Pay Act (114th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/174

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2015-01-06, the earliest of his No Budget, No Pay bills Congress.gov lists. He introduced it again as H.R. 4814 in 2016.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  20. H.R. 209, Inaction Has Consequences Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/209

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Earlier versions: H.R. 857 (2019), H.R. 180 (2021), H.R. 224 (2023).

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  21. H.R. 857, Inaction Has Consequences Act (116th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/857

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2019-01-29. The earliest Inaction Has Consequences Act Congress.gov lists under his name.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  22. H.Res. 12, Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/12

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Referred to Rules. Earlier versions: H.Res. 17 (2015), 43 (2017), 16 (2021), 13 (2023).

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  23. H.Res. 17, Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution (114th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/17

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2015-01-06. The earliest Stay on Schedule Resolution Congress.gov lists under his name.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  24. House roll call 30, 2013 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, 2013-01-23. Passed 285-144. Wittman voted Aye. It became Public Law 113-3. Read from the roll's name list in the Congressional Record, page H237, on 2026-10-01; the Clerk's site returned HTTP 403 that day.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  25. Congressional Record, House, January 23, 2013, No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2013-01-23/html/CREC-2013-01-23-pt1-PgH237.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 23, 2013 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Prints the names on roll call 30: Wittman is among the 285 ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim

  26. Public Law 113-3, No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (H.R. 325)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-113publ3/html/PLAW-113publ3.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 4, 2013 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed 2013-02-04. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp, not Wittman. Section 3 held members' pay in escrow if a chamber had not passed a budget resolution by April 15, 2013.

    official legislative record

    For: Robert J. "Rob" Wittman: Matches stated record claim