Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 54/74
Jeff
Sessions
U.S. Senate · R-AL
Taken from the card industry
$16,500
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 54/74
Card-Issuing Banks$9,500
Credit Cards$7,000
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 54 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
$16,500
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Through the leadership PAC
Beyond the campaign account, a leadership PAC under Sessions's control (Tallatchee Creek Inc. PAC) took $115,500 from banks, card lenders, drug makers and insurers.
Source: FEC; Tallatchee Creek Inc. PAC
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$9,500
Am. Bankers Assn.$8,500
Bank of America$500
Wells Fargo$500
Credit Cards$7,000
MBNA$5,000
Mastercard$1,000
American Express$1,000