OutSpent
Series 1: The Bank Rollback

Commemorative Series No. 1 · The Bank Rollback

OUTSPENTNo. 07/67
John Cornyn
John
Cornyn
U.S. Senate · R-TX
VOTED YES★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
Taken from Wall Street
$466,548
S.2155 · Dodd-Frank rollback · 2018tap to flip ⤺
★ BOUGHT & PAID FOR ★THE BANK ROLLBACK · 2018$S.2155
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 07/67
Wall St & Finance$466,548
BlackstoneGoldman SachsAm. Bankers Assn.JPMorganSecurities IndustryVisa
Oil & Energy$321,518
ExxonMobilChevronValeroKoch IndustriesConocoPhillipsAm. Petroleum Inst.
Telecom$164,970
AT&TComcastVerizonT-Mobile
Big Tech$156,304
MicrosoftAppleGoogleOracleMetaAmazon
Pharma & Health$142,421
Johnson & JohnsonPhRMAAmgenPfizerEli LillyMerck
This vote cut SVB's oversight. SVB collapsed in 2023. · 115-2-54OUTSPENT

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Beyond the check

The check is only the part you can see.

They took
$466,548
The industry spent on the bill
$500M+

on the finance industry's federal lobbying in 2018

Through the leadership PAC

Beyond the campaign account, a leadership PAC under Cornyn's control (Alamo PAC and R Senate PAC) took $1,058,000 from banks, card lenders, drug makers and insurers.

Source: FEC; Alamo PAC and R Senate PAC

The industry figure is lobbying spent on the bill, not a payment to this senator. Source: OpenSecrets. Everything here is documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.

★ Hall of Shame

Cornyn voted with the money in more than one set:

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Wall St & Finance$466,548
  • Blackstone$164,580
  • Goldman Sachs$80,300
  • Am. Bankers Assn.$39,000
  • JPMorgan$36,435
  • Securities Industry$28,000
  • Visa$21,150
  • Morgan Stanley$19,850
  • BlackRock$7,400
  • Citadel$7,400
Oil & Energy$321,518
  • ExxonMobil$127,701
  • Chevron$65,637
  • Valero$64,475
  • Koch Industries$22,750
  • ConocoPhillips$22,400
  • Am. Petroleum Inst.$18,000
  • Marathon$555
Telecom$164,970
  • AT&T$143,712
  • Comcast$12,950
  • Verizon$7,808
  • T-Mobile$500
Big Tech$156,304
  • Microsoft$51,875
  • Apple$41,800
  • Google$33,200
  • Oracle$22,957
  • Meta$3,500
  • Amazon$2,972
Pharma & Health$142,421
  • Johnson & Johnson$85,563
  • PhRMA$19,000
  • Amgen$16,150
  • Pfizer$8,400
  • Eli Lilly$8,000
  • Merck$5,000
  • AbbVie$308
Defense$70,722
  • Lockheed Martin$43,417
  • Raytheon$15,653
  • Boeing$9,942
  • Northrop Grumman$1,435
  • General Dynamics$250
  • L3Harris$25
Real Estate$26,900
  • Natl Assn of Realtors$19,100
  • CBRE$7,800
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