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Rulemaking · SEC · Feb 29, 2024

Further Definition of As a Part of a Regular Business in the Definition of Dealer and Government Securities Dealer in Connection with Certain Liquidity Providers

Docket or bill
2024-02837
Official record
https://www.regulations.gov/document/SEC-2024-0272-0001
Tracked as
Further Definition of As a Part of a Regular Business in the Definition of Dealer and Government Securities Dealer in Connection with Certain Liquidity Providers
Issued by
Securities and Exchange Commission

Traceable spending around this event

Tracked direct contributions from finance banking donors to candidates in the year before the event, with transfers to PACs and parties and independent expenditures reported apart, and lobbying on BAN, FIN issue codes in the surrounding window. These are partial, tracked figures scoped to a window, not totals for the industry. Independent expenditures are spent for or against candidates, not given to them, and are never added to the giving figures.

Giving window: Mar 1, 2023 – Feb 29, 2024. Donation records in this database currently run through Oct 20, 2026; lobbying filings through 2026. Figures computed Oct 29, 2026.

Tracked direct giving to candidates (finance banking)

$2,536,986

214 contributions to person recipients

Transfers to PACs and parties (finance banking)

$36,685,222

5,353 contributions to non-person recipients

IE support

$400,354

3 independent expenditures for candidates

IE oppose

$917,194

9 independent expenditures against candidates

Lobbying (BAN, FIN)

$1,243,831,307

3,665 filings, whole-filing LDA totals

Positions on record

3

curated

Tracked direct giving to candidates (finance banking)$2,536,986
Transfers to PACs and parties$36,685,222
Independent expenditures supporting candidates$400,354
Independent expenditures opposing candidates$917,194
Lobbying (BAN, FIN)$1,243,831,307

Giving to candidates, transfers to PACs, independent expenditures and lobbying are separate figures and are not summed.

Positions

Top lobbying on these issues

Clients with the most reported lobbying spend on BAN, FIN issue codes in the window around the event. Lobbying reports cover multiple issues, so spend is not attributable to this event alone.

Figures are drawn from tracked FEC donations and Senate LDA lobbying disclosures held in this database. See the methodology for how spending is scoped to an event window. The spending shown is publicly disclosed, and no violation of law is alleged. Its timing does not establish that any spending caused the outcome.