Wells Fargo
MN · US
Tracked direct giving
$558,349
LDA reported lobbying spend
$1,330,000
Connections
12
Coalition view
Wells Fargo operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with Wells Fargo PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).
Combined direct giving + IE support
$1,464,099
Combined tracked receipts
$25,250
Combined lobbying spend
$1,330,000
How money flowed from Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo directed $398K to AMERICAN VALUES 2024 across 8 contributions between May 2024 and December 2024. Wells Fargo opposes CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule.
Wells Fargo directed $26K to THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC) across 5 contributions between August 2023 and July 2024. Wells Fargo opposes CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule.
Wells Fargo directed $11K to ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Wells Fargo opposes CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule.
Wells Fargo directed $7K to DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Wells Fargo opposes CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule.
Where Wells Fargo’s money ended up
Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this
smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $4K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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Donations Given and Outside Spending
Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted by | Securities and Exchange Commission | Wells Fargo subject to SEC enforcement actions | Source |
| Lobbied on | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act | LDA filing: lobbied on CLARITY Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $690,000 | Source |
| Lobbied on | Overdraft/NSF Fee Reforms (CFPB) | LDA filing: lobbied on CFPB Overdraft Reform, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $640,000 | Source |
| Commented on | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | Public comment on OCC-2011-0001: Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements | Source |
| Commented on | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Public comment on CFPB-2022-0023: Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking (Regulation V) | Source |
| Opposed | CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule | Wells Fargo opposed the CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule. | Source |
| Coalition with | Finance and banking industry | Wells Fargo is a major consumer bank still under consent orders from fake accounts scandal | Editorial |
| Lobbied on | Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions | LDA filing names this rule in its lobbying issues: Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions | Source |
| Lobbied on | Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions | LDA filing names this rule in its lobbying issues: Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions | Source |
| Funder of | AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION ASSOCIATES PAC (AB ASSOCIATES PAC) | Wells Fargo donated $2,891 to AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION ASSOCIATES PAC (AB ASSOCIATES PAC) (QPQ tracked total) | Editorial |
| Funder of | ARDELYX, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARDX PAC) | Wells Fargo donated $2,500 to ARDELYX, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARDX PAC) (QPQ tracked total) | Editorial |
| Has as instrument | Wells Fargo PAC | Wells Fargo PAC is the political arm of Wells Fargo | Editorial |