Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 34/74
Saxby
Chambliss
U.S. Senate · R-GA
Taken from the card industry
$41,648
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 34/74
Card-Issuing Banks$35,245
Credit Cards$6,403
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 34 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
$41,648
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Then, after office
Joined the board of the financial-services firm Primerica.
Source: SEC, 2017
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$35,245
Am. Bankers Assn.$19,000
Citigroup$9,260
Bank of America$6,485
Wells Fargo$500
Credit Cards$6,403
American Express$5,118
MBNA$1,000
Capital One$285