Kilotest: Diagnoses of control child of link or button violation by HTML element 991 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Html Checker API + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro)
• Violations: 40
• Violators: 20

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: Read our original journalism
• Start tag: <button name="" type="button" class="dc-btn dc-btn__small-icon-only dc-btn--light dc-btn--borderless" tabindex="-1">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[6]/div[1]/a[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: x = 176, y = 1442, width = 46, height = 38
• Reported by Html Checker API + Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the control child of link or button issue for HTML element 991 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The element button must not appear as a descendant of the a element.

   Rule engine: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)

2. interactive element is embedded in a link

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: embAc