DETECTOR · P20

Contract Committee Trade

Member's committee oversees an agency that awarded a contract to a company the member traded — three-way industry-contract-trade overlap.

What this detector measures

Member's committee oversees an agency that awarded a contract to a company the member traded — three-way industry-contract-trade overlap.

What to ask the senator's office

  1. Which agency awarded the federal contract, and does the senator's committee oversee that agency's budget?
  2. Was the contract single-source / sole-source, or competitively bid?
  3. Did the senator's holding period align with key appropriations or oversight votes affecting the contracting agency?

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