OutSpent™

Guarding the Henhouse

The fox guarding the henhouse.

These five committees write the rules for the industries they oversee. Below are the senators on each one, ranked by how much money they've taken from the very industry they're supposed to police. Tap any name for their full record.

Banking

$3.4M

Oversees Wall Street and the banks. $3.4M from banks & finance sits on this committee.

  1. 1David McCormick R-PA$804K
  2. 2Tim Scott R-SCChair$437K
  3. 3Raphael Warnock D-GA$272K
  4. 4Thomas Tillis R-NC$253K
  5. 5Mike Crapo R-ID$230K
  6. 6Bill Hagerty R-TN$169K
  7. 7Jim Banks R-IN$131K
  8. 8Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV$119K
  9. 9John Reed D-RI$105K
  10. 10Andy Kim D-NJ$103K
  11. 11Bernie Moreno R-OH$103K
  12. 12Kevin Cramer R-ND$91K
  13. 13Ruben Gallego D-AZ$88K
  14. 14Katie Britt R-AL$71K
  15. 15Mike Rounds R-SD$68K
  16. 16John Kennedy R-LA$67K
  17. 17Elizabeth Warren D-MARanking Member$53K
  18. 18Cynthia Lummis R-WY$49K
  19. 19Pete Ricketts R-NE$49K
  20. 20Angela Alsobrooks D-MD$33K
  21. 21Chris Van Hollen D-MD$24K
  22. 22Tina Smith D-MN$17K
  23. 23Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE$15K
  24. 24Mark Warner D-VA$11K

Health (HELP)

$1.1M

Oversees drug and health policy. $1.1M from pharma sits on this committee.

  1. 1Patty Murray D-WA$194K
  2. 2Tim Scott R-SC$142K
  3. 3Timothy Kaine D-VA$118K
  4. 4Bill Cassidy R-LAChair$80K
  5. 5Tammy Baldwin D-WI$66K
  6. 6Susan Collins R-ME$66K
  7. 7Andy Kim D-NJ$56K
  8. 8John Hickenlooper D-CO$54K
  9. 9Edward Markey D-MA$53K
  10. 10Angela Alsobrooks D-MD$49K
  11. 11Christopher Murphy D-CT$42K
  12. 12Maggie Hassan D-NH$39K
  13. 13Rand Paul R-KY$37K
  14. 14Lisa Murkowski R-AK$30K
  15. 15Jim Banks R-IN$29K
  16. 16Josh Hawley R-MO$21K
  17. 17Bernie Sanders I-VTRanking Member$18K
  18. 18Roger Marshall R-KS$15K
  19. 19Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE$12K
  20. 20Ashley Moody R-FL$9K
  21. 21Tommy Tuberville R-AL$5K
  22. 22Jon Husted R-OH$5K
  23. 23Alan Armstrong R-OK$0

Energy

$568K

Oversees oil, gas and energy. $568K from oil & energy sits on this committee.

  1. 1Lisa Murkowski R-AK$193K
  2. 2John Barrasso R-WY$113K
  3. 3Tom Cotton R-AR$46K
  4. 4David McCormick R-PA$38K
  5. 5Bill Cassidy R-LA$34K
  6. 6Steve Daines R-MT$24K
  7. 7Mike Lee R-UTChair$23K
  8. 8John Hoeven R-ND$21K
  9. 9James Risch R-ID$19K
  10. 10Martin Heinrich D-NMRanking Member$15K
  11. 11Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS$13K
  12. 12John Hickenlooper D-CO$9K
  13. 13Ruben Gallego D-AZ$8K
  14. 14Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV$7K
  15. 15Ron Wyden D-OR$3K
  16. 16Maria Cantwell D-WA$2K
  17. 17James Justice R-WV$0
  18. 18Mazie Hirono D-HI$0
  19. 19Angus King I-ME$0
  20. 20Alex Padilla D-CA$0

Armed Services

$1.1M

Oversees the defense industry. $1.1M from defense sits on this committee.

  1. 1John Reed D-RIRanking Member$195K
  2. 2Timothy Kaine D-VA$152K
  3. 3Gary Peters D-MI$114K
  4. 4Roger Wicker R-MSChair$93K
  5. 5Tom Cotton R-AR$69K
  6. 6Mark Kelly D-AZ$53K
  7. 7Elizabeth Warren D-MA$48K
  8. 8Angus King I-ME$47K
  9. 9Tammy Duckworth D-IL$47K
  10. 10Joni Ernst R-IA$47K
  11. 11Jeanne Shaheen D-NH$43K
  12. 12Richard Blumenthal D-CT$37K
  13. 13Deb Fischer R-NE$36K
  14. 14Elissa Slotkin D-MI$35K
  15. 15Jacky Rosen D-NV$20K
  16. 16Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY$17K
  17. 17Rick Scott R-FL$16K
  18. 18Dan Sullivan R-AK$7K
  19. 19Jim Banks R-IN$5K
  20. 20Ashley Moody R-FL$4K
  21. 21Ted Budd R-NC$2K
  22. 22Tommy Tuberville R-AL$2K
  23. 23Tim Sheehy R-MT$2K
  24. 24Eric Schmitt R-MO$2K
  25. 25Mazie Hirono D-HI$880
  26. 26Mike Rounds R-SD$500
  27. 27Kevin Cramer R-ND$256

Commerce

$4.4M

Oversees telecom and big tech. $4.4M from telecom & tech sits on this committee.

  1. 1Maria Cantwell D-WARanking Member$696K
  2. 2Jacky Rosen D-NV$361K
  3. 3Gary Peters D-MI$344K
  4. 4John Hickenlooper D-CO$325K
  5. 5Edward Markey D-MA$311K
  6. 6Tammy Baldwin D-WI$287K
  7. 7Ted Cruz R-TXChair$213K
  8. 8Andy Kim D-NJ$199K
  9. 9John Thune R-SD$170K
  10. 10John Fetterman D-PA$154K
  11. 11Marsha Blackburn R-TN$151K
  12. 12Amy Klobuchar D-MN$141K
  13. 13Ben Lujan D-NM$132K
  14. 14Brian Schatz D-HI$121K
  15. 15Todd Young R-IN$104K
  16. 16Roger Wicker R-MS$87K
  17. 17Ted Budd R-NC$73K
  18. 18Dan Sullivan R-AK$70K
  19. 19Tammy Duckworth D-IL$67K
  20. 20Deb Fischer R-NE$66K
  21. 21Jerry Moran R-KS$59K
  22. 22Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE$50K
  23. 23Shelley Capito R-WV$48K
  24. 24John Curtis R-UT$40K
  25. 25Bernie Moreno R-OH$30K
  26. 26Tim Sheehy R-MT$19K
  27. 27Eric Schmitt R-MO$18K
  28. 28Cynthia Lummis R-WY$18K

Money is career receipts from the named industry (FEC). Committee rosters are current. Nothing here alleges a crime; the point is that it's all legal, and that's the problem.