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Money Timing· Giving spiked near a vote
Tom Cotton (R): Securities & Investment donations hit $134K (18.4× their monthly average) the month of their YEA on HJRES25-119
In March 2025, Tom Cotton received $134,027.38 from Securities & Investment donors, representing 18.4 times that sector's trailing 12-month average of $7,276.36 per month. Cotton voted YEA on HJRES25-119, legislation providing congressional disapproval of a regulatory rule, on March 26, 2025, during the same month of the donation spike.
SEC
Securities & Investment
donor sector
spiked to $134K
March 2025 · 18.4× their average
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Tom Cotton
R-AR · Senate
voted YEA
bill favors the sector
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BILL
HJRES25-119
they voted YEA
THE SPIKE, MONTH BY MONTH
monthly $ from Securities & Investment-classified donors · orange = spike month · hover a bar for the exact amount · timing only, not a causal claim
$134K
from Securities & Investment donors in March 2025
18.4×
that sector's trailing 12-month average ($7K/mo)
YEA
their vote on HJRES25-119 (2025-03-26)
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Tom Cotton →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated July 3, 2026 · internal signal score 82/100.