Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 09/74
Richard
Burr
U.S. Senate · R-NC
Taken from the card industry
$152,155
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 09/74
Card-Issuing Banks$135,755
Credit Cards$16,400
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
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Beyond the check
The check is only the part you can see.
They took
$152,155
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Then, after office
Chaired a law firm's health-policy consulting practice weeks after leaving the Senate.
Source: DLA Piper, 2023
The industry figure is lobbying spent on the bill, not a payment to this senator. Source: contemporary reporting (NBER; PBS Frontline). Everything here is documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.
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Card-Issuing Banks$135,755
Bank of America$55,220
Am. Bankers Assn.$28,000
Wells Fargo$25,635
Citigroup$17,400
Am. Financial Services$9,500
Credit Cards$16,400
American Express$8,950
Consumer Bankers Assn$7,000
Discover$450