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Brad Sherman (D) voted NAY s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (23%) with 13945 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by Securities & Investment firms and other approved financial institutions. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) voted against s1582-119. Sherman received 22.6% of identifiable campaign contributions ($1.41M) from the Securities & Investment industry, and companies in this sector filed 13,945 lobbying reports since 2022 related to stablecoin and digital asset legislation.
SEC
Securities & Investment
donor sector
gave $1.41M
23% of their funding
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Brad Sherman
D-CA · House
acted on
13,945 sector filings
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BILL
S1582-119
they voted NAY
23%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$1.41M
from Securities & Investment
#9
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 255)
13,945
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Brad Sherman →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 27, 2026 · internal signal score 80/100.