OutSpent
Series 1: The Bank Rollback

Commemorative Series No. 1 · The Bank Rollback

OUTSPENTNo. 18/67
John Thune
John
Thune
U.S. Senate · R-SD
VOTED YES★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
Taken from Wall Street
$298,332
S.2155 · Dodd-Frank rollback · 2018tap to flip ⤺
★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 18/67
Wall St & Finance$298,332
BlackstoneGoldman SachsAm. Bankers Assn.Securities IndustryMorgan StanleyBlackRock
Telecom$105,290
ComcastAT&TVerizon
Real Estate$69,980
Natl Assn of Realtors
Pharma & Health$67,957
Johnson & JohnsonPhRMAPfizerEli Lilly
Big Tech$64,550
MicrosoftGoogle
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
$298,332
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 Thune's control (Commonsense, Conservative Values PAC and Heartland Values PAC) took $1,193,500 from banks, card lenders, drug makers and insurers.

Source: FEC; Commonsense, Conservative Values PAC and Heartland Values PAC

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

Thune voted with the money in more than one set:

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Wall St & Finance$298,332
  • Blackstone$89,100
  • Goldman Sachs$42,800
  • Am. Bankers Assn.$20,000
  • Securities Industry$20,000
  • Morgan Stanley$18,500
  • BlackRock$1,162
  • Citadel$1,000
  • Mastercard$1,000
Telecom$105,290
  • Comcast$44,750
  • AT&T$34,490
  • Verizon$26,050
Real Estate$69,980
  • Natl Assn of Realtors$69,980
Pharma & Health$67,957
  • Johnson & Johnson$48,257
  • PhRMA$10,000
  • Pfizer$6,800
  • Eli Lilly$2,900
Big Tech$64,550
  • Microsoft$33,150
  • Google$31,400
Oil & Energy$30,763
  • Am. Petroleum Inst.$13,500
  • Koch Industries$11,400
  • ConocoPhillips$2,876
  • ExxonMobil$2,188
  • Chevron$799
Defense$13,462
  • Northrop Grumman$10,495
  • Lockheed Martin$1,492
  • Boeing$1,085
  • Raytheon$390
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