Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 39/74
Elizabeth
Dole
U.S. Senate · R-NC
Taken from the card industry
$34,700
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 39/74
Card-Issuing Banks$30,700
Credit Cards$4,000
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 39 of 74 · tap the card to see who they work for
Beyond the check
The check is only the part you can see.
They took
$34,700
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
In the family
Her husband, Bob Dole, was a lobbyist for drug and health-industry clients.
Source: Center for Public Integrity
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$30,700
Bank of America$14,100
Am. Bankers Assn.$9,000
Citigroup$6,000
Am. Financial Services$1,000
Wells Fargo$500
JPMorgan$100
Credit Cards$4,000
American Express$3,000
MBNA$1,000