Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 48/74
Mark
Pryor
U.S. Senate · D-AR
Taken from the card industry
$21,400
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 48/74
Card-Issuing Banks$18,950
Credit Cards$2,450
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 48 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
$21,400
The industry spent on the bill
$100M+
on an eight-year industry push to pass the bankruptcy bill
Then, after office
After the Senate he became a lobbyist for Experian (consumer credit), the credit-union lobby, Western Union, and Eli Lilly.
Source: lda.senate.gov; The Intercept, 2021
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$18,950
Am. Bankers Assn.$9,600
Citigroup$5,250
Wells Fargo$2,600
Bank of America$1,500
Credit Cards$2,450
Visa$1,200
Discover$1,000
American Express$250