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Highlights From Congressional Financial-Disclosure Records

Updated: June 15, 2011 | 1:38 p.m.
June 15, 2011 | 1:19 p.m.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (From the Flickr page of House Speaker John Boehner)

Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.  disclosed that the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, reimbursed him for for travel, food, and lodging in January 2010, while Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who is running for president, took out a loan for up to $500,000 in 2010, according to financial disclosure records of House and Senate members for 2010 that were released on Wednesday.

Among the other disclosures, according to highlights compiled by The Washington Post: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reported 121 transactions; he either bought or sold investments, including the sale of shares of American Funds’ Growth Fund of America for $50,001 to $100,000. He bought shares in the Franklin Templeton Mutual Global Discovery Fund for $50,001 to $100,000 and took a trip to Palm Beach, Fla., for the fiscally conservative Club for Growth.

Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., the Appropriations Committee chairman, and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who is running for president, requested filing extensions.

Check the database for individual filings.

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