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Steve Daines (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 8230 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would create a federal regulatory framework allowing approved entities to issue payment stablecoins in the Securities & Investment sector. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 18.7% of Daines' identifiable donor base ($0.98M), ranking ninth among donor industries in his party, while Securities & Investment companies filed 8,230 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
SEC
Securities & Investment
donor sector
gave $979K
19% of their funding
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Steve Daines
R-MT · Senate
acted on
8,230 sector filings
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BILL
S1582-119
they voted YEA
19%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$979K
from Securities & Investment
#9
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 272)
8,230
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Steve Daines →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 80/100.