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Bernard Sanders (I) voted NAY sjres13-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (21%) with 3548 active lobbying filings
The bill sjres13-119 would nullify Treasury Department rules that tightened procedures for reviewing Commercial Banks merger applications. Senator Bernie Sanders voted NAY on sjres13-119. Commercial Banks contributed 20.5% of Sanders' identifiable donor base ($9.16M), ranking first among his party, while Commercial Banks entities filed 3,548 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
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Commercial Banks
donor sector
gave $9.16M
21% of their funding
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Bernard Sanders
I-VT · Senate
acted on
3,548 sector filings
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BILL
SJRES13-119
they voted NAY
21%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$9.16M
from Commercial Banks
#1
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 3)
3,548
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Bernard Sanders →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 6, 2026 · internal signal score 84/100.