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Mike Rounds (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (20%) with 19368 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would create a federal regulatory framework allowing certain entities in the Securities & Investment industry to issue payment stablecoins. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) voted YEA on s1582-119. The Securities & Investment industry comprises 20.4% of Senator Rounds' identifiable donor base ($0.80M, ranking #4 among his party), and companies in this sector filed 19,368 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
SEC
Securities & Investment
donor sector
gave $796K
20% of their funding
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Mike Rounds
R-SD · Senate
acted on
19,368 sector filings
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BILL
S1582-119
they voted YEA
20%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$796K
from Securities & Investment
#4
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 273)
19,368
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Mike Rounds →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 September 7, 2026 · internal signal score 79/100.