Finance / Banking
Major banks, broker-dealers, and the financial services lobby. Active on Basel III, Dodd-Frank, CFPB rules.
Tracked receipts of sector PACs
$3,665,862
Direct giving to candidates
$10,473,281
IE supporting candidates
$0
IE opposing candidates
$0
Transfers to other committees
$19,621,906
LDA reported lobbying spend
$250,487,316
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors outside the sector gave $4M in tracked direct contributions to the 116 sector PACs tracked here, led by American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC), AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC., JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
IIThose PACs gave $10M directly to candidates; transferred $20M to other committees ($1M of it to other PACs in this sector). The top tracked candidates by direct giving plus IE support were BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS, HUIZENGA FOR CONGRESS, FRIENDS FOR GREGORY MEEKS.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including Overdraft/NSF Fee Reforms (CFPB); GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for; Basel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC proposal).
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Top sector PACs (116 tracked)
| # | Name | Direct to candidates | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)pac | $2M | $0 |
| 2 | AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.pac | $837K | $0 |
| 3 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $692K | $0 |
| 4 | UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)pac | $608K | $0 |
| 5 | Bank of America PACpac | $472K | $0 |
| 6 | Goldman Sachs PACpac | $461K | $0 |
| 7 | Citigroup PACpac | $426K | $0 |
| 8 | THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. PAC (AKA 'CARLYLE PAC')pac | $277K | $0 |
| 9 | Wells Fargo PACpac | $266K | $0 |
| 10 | TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)pac | $251K | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Direct contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Warren Smithperson | $18K |
| 2 | Stacey Friedmanperson | $18K |
| 3 | Keith P. Slatteryperson | $18K |
| 4 | Gerard Francisperson | $18K |
| 5 | Allison Phinney Beerperson | $18K |
| 6 | Joyce Changperson | $18K |
| 7 | Andrew L Kresseperson | $18K |
| 8 | Carla Hassanperson | $18K |
| 9 | Morgan T Mcgrathperson | $18K |
| 10 | Dustin F Kennedyperson | $18K |
Top candidates by sector PAC money
| # | Name | Direct from sector PACs | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSpac | $226K | $0 |
| 2 | HUIZENGA FOR CONGRESSpac | $225K | $0 |
| 3 | FRIENDS FOR GREGORY MEEKSpac | $206K | $0 |
| 4 | HIMES FOR CONGRESSpac | $199K | $0 |
| 5 | DELBENE FOR CONGRESSpac | $186K | $0 |
| 6 | JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSpac | $177K | $0 |
| 7 | IOWANS FOR ZACH NUNNpac | $173K | $0 |
| 8 | PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSpac | $160K | $0 |
| 9 | CASTEN FOR CONGRESSpac | $141K | $0 |
| 10 | MIKE FLOOD FOR CONGRESSpac | $139K | $0 |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overdraft/NSF Fee Reforms (CFPB) regulation · failed · proposed | 13 |
| 2 | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S legislation · enacted | 11 |
| 3 | Basel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC proposal) regulation · proposed · proposed | 8 |
| 4 | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act legislation · passed | 6 |
| 5 | Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21, H.R.4763) legislation · passed | 6 |
| 6 | Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards regulation · proposed | 5 |
| 7 | Disapproval of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 legislation · failed | 4 |
| 8 | Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models regulation · proposed | 4 |
| 9 | Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models regulation · enacted | 4 |
| 10 | Dodd-Frank Section 1071 Small Business Lending Data Rule (CFPB) regulation · challenged | 4 |
Methodology
Sector PACs are the PAC-typed entities tagged finance_banking minus candidate, party and leadership committees (excluded by FEC designation and name rule). Every dollar figure counts only donation rows that pass the standard exclusions (no conduit memos, self-transfers, unverified name matches, quarantined or superseded rows). Direct contributions, independent expenditures supporting, independent expenditures opposing, transfers to other committees and LDA lobbying are reported as separate figures and never added together. Receipts count donors outside the sector only, so a super PAC funding its own affiliated committees is not counted twice. Lobbying amounts cover every issue on each LDA filing. Numbers reflect QPQ Tracker rows only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete.