Commemorative Series No. 3 · The Fine Print
OUTSPENTNo. 36/74
Rick
Santorum
U.S. Senate · R-PA
Taken from the card industry
$37,425
S.256 · the bankruptcy bill · 2005tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 36/74
Card-Issuing Banks$19,725
Credit Cards$17,700
Made it harder to clear credit-card debt in bankruptcy. Filings got ~38% costlier; insolvency didn't fall. · 109-1-44OUTSPENT
Card 36 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
$37,425
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 hospital company Universal Health Services in 2007.
Source: UHS; CBS News
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$19,725
Citigroup$11,550
Bank of America$4,375
Wells Fargo$3,800
Credit Cards$17,700
American Express$14,850
Discover$1,850
MBNA$1,000