Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 41/74
Pat
Roberts
U.S. Senate · R-KS
Taken from the card industry
$30,900
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 41/74
Card-Issuing Banks$24,750
Credit Cards$6,150
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 41 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
$30,900
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Through the leadership PAC
His leadership PAC took money from the banks, drug makers, an insurer and a card lender (American Bankers Assn, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Anthem, Synchrony), outside his campaign account.
Source: FEC; ProPublica Itemizer
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.
★ Hall of Shame
Roberts voted with the money in more than one set:
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Card-Issuing Banks$24,750
Am. Bankers Assn.$20,000
Bank of America$2,000
Citigroup$1,000
JPMorgan$1,000
Wells Fargo$750
Credit Cards$6,150
Discover$6,150