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John Kennedy (R) sponsored sjres13-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 7541 active lobbying filings
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is the primary sponsor of sjres13-119, which would nullify Treasury Department rules that tightened procedures for reviewing Commercial Banks mergers. Commercial Banks ranks as Kennedy's third-largest donor industry, comprising 15.5% of his identifiable donations ($8.24M). Commercial Banks companies filed 7,541 lobbying reports since 2022 on issues related to this legislation.
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Commercial Banks
donor sector
gave $8.24M
15% of their funding
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John Kennedy
R-LA · Senate
sponsored
7,541 sector filings
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BILL
SJRES13-119
their bill
15%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$8.24M
from Commercial Banks
#3
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 273)
7,541
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about John Kennedy →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 August 2, 2026 · internal signal score 94/100.