OutSpent
Series 1: The Bank Rollback

Commemorative Series No. 1 · The Bank Rollback

OUTSPENTNo. 33/67
Bill Nelson
Bill
Nelson
U.S. Senate · D-FL
VOTED YES★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
Taken from Wall Street
$186,014
S.2155 · Dodd-Frank rollback · 2018tap to flip ⤺
★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 33/67
Wall St & Finance$186,014
BlackstoneGoldman SachsMorgan StanleyCitadelJPMorganVisa
Telecom$137,118
ComcastCharterVerizonAT&TT-Mobile
Big Tech$111,125
GoogleAppleMicrosoftAmazonOracle
Defense$111,041
Lockheed MartinBoeingRaytheonNorthrop GrummanGeneral Dynamics
Pharma & Health$101,834
Johnson & JohnsonPfizerMerckEli LillyPhRMA
This vote cut SVB's oversight. SVB collapsed in 2023. · 115-2-54OUTSPENT

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Beyond the check

The check is only the part you can see.

They took
$186,014
The industry spent on the bill
$500M+

on the finance industry's federal lobbying in 2018

Through the leadership PAC

Beyond the campaign account, a leadership PAC under Nelson's control (Moving America Forward) took $80,000 from banks, card lenders, drug makers and insurers.

Source: FEC; Moving America Forward

The industry figure is lobbying spent on the bill, not a payment to this senator. Source: OpenSecrets. Everything here is documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.

★ Hall of Shame

Nelson voted with the money in more than one set:

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Wall St & Finance$186,014
  • Blackstone$45,675
  • Goldman Sachs$43,100
  • Morgan Stanley$25,365
  • Citadel$12,350
  • JPMorgan$8,264
  • Visa$8,150
  • Am. Bankers Assn.$7,500
  • Mastercard$4,500
  • BlackRock$2,250
Telecom$137,118
  • Comcast$79,825
  • Charter$25,100
  • Verizon$16,960
  • AT&T$14,733
  • T-Mobile$500
Big Tech$111,125
  • Google$56,697
  • Apple$20,901
  • Microsoft$20,368
  • Amazon$7,489
  • Oracle$5,670
Defense$111,041
  • Lockheed Martin$39,601
  • Boeing$34,710
  • Raytheon$13,400
  • Northrop Grumman$11,775
  • General Dynamics$11,555
Pharma & Health$101,834
  • Johnson & Johnson$86,304
  • Pfizer$10,780
  • Merck$2,500
  • Eli Lilly$1,250
  • PhRMA$1,000
Real Estate$26,650
  • Natl Assn of Realtors$20,000
  • CBRE$6,150
  • American Tower$500
Oil & Energy$250
  • Marathon$250
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