Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 22/74
Jon
Kyl
U.S. Senate · R-AZ
Taken from the card industry
$82,100
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 22/74
Card-Issuing Banks$60,100
Credit Cards$22,000
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 22 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
$82,100
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Then, after office
Became a lobbyist for PhRMA, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Merck a week after leaving the Senate.
Source: OpenSecrets; The Intercept
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$60,100
Citigroup$36,400
Bank of America$10,200
Am. Bankers Assn.$7,500
Wells Fargo$6,000
Credit Cards$22,000
MBNA$20,000
American Express$1,000
Discover$1,000