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Bernard Sanders (I) voted NAY sjres13-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (20%) with 7541 active lobbying filings
The bill sjres13-119 would nullify a Treasury rule revising bank merger review procedures, including removing automatic approvals for Commercial Banks applicants. Senator Bernard Sanders voted NAY on sjres13-119. Commercial Banks ranks as Sanders' largest donor industry at 20.2% of identifiable contributions ($9.27M), while Commercial Banks entities filed 7,541 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
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Commercial Banks
donor sector
gave $9.27M
20% of their funding
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Bernard Sanders
I-VT · Senate
acted on
7,541 sector filings
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BILL
SJRES13-119
they voted NAY
20%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$9.27M
from Commercial Banks
#1
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 3)
7,541
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 August 2, 2026 · internal signal score 84/100.