democratic congresswoman kathy manning has filed over 450 trades in the past three years according to capitol trades congress members in general have made thousands of trades over the past three years benzinga continues to keep track of these events here are two dividend stocks mannings spouse traded also read donald trumps former adviser steve bannon faces four months prison time for contempt of congress   abbvie inc is offering a dividend yield of 375 or 564 per share annually making quarterly payments with a frequent track record of increasing its dividends for nine consecutive years abbvie is a pharmaceutical company with a strong exposure to immunology and oncology and its top drug humira represents close to half of the companys current profits congresswomen manning’s spouse filed a purchase order of between 1000 to 15000 shares of abbvie for 14224 per share on sept 12   att inc is offering a dividend yield of 622 or 111 per share annually using quarterly payments with an infrequent track record of increasing its dividends atts wireless business contributes about twothirds of the companys revenue following the spinoff of warnermedia amongst the numerous sept 12 trades manning’s spouse disclosed the purchase of between 1000 to 15000 shares of att for 1738 per share   other trades on sept 12 in a filing disclosed by mannings spouse shares of amazoncom inc broadcom inc  and comcast corporation were sold ranging between 1000 to 15000 in shares reported by capitol trades manning serves as the us representative from north carolinas 6th congressional district she sits on a slew of committees and caucuses but most notably she sits on the committees for education and labor as well as foreign affairs see also 2 dividend stocks a prolific trader lawmaker just bought a membership seat in committees and caucuses may provide congress members with insider information on certain industries or economic events its difficult to catch insider trading when trades are made months in advance of public disclosure as of sept 29 72 congress members violated the federal stock act which was formed to prevent insider trading but certain lawmakers like senator elizabeth warren and senator steve daines want to go a step further and ban members of congress and their spouses from owning or trading individual stocks