THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Foster's funding profile relies moderately on PACs and committees for 38% of his $8.7M total, with the remaining 62% drawn from individual donors across a diverse base of 18,471 contributions. Industry-tied money concentrates in education, legal services, and financial sectors—education and legal professionals represent 18% and 16% of industry contributions respectively, while securities and investment firms account for 15%—a pattern also reflected in his individual donor base. Political party and leadership money totals $394K separately from these industry contributions, and no stock trade disclosures are on file.
Raised · all cycles$8.7M▼ 11% in ’24 vs ’22#55 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Education
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Foster (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Foster voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Foster's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$303K
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT
corporation
2$97K
SOUNDRIDGE PRIVATE WEALTH
corporation
3$95K
FERMILAB
employees
4$78K
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
employees
5$78K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Bill Foster (D) voted NAY s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (18%) with 8187 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish federal regulatory standards for stablecoin issuers in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) voted NAY on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 18.4% of Foster's identifiable donor base ($1.55M), and companies in this sector filed 8,187 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap78%
Bill Foster (D) voted NAY hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (18%) with 8187 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would overturn an IRS rule requiring Securities & Investment firms to report digital asset sales to tax authorities. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) voted NAY on hjres25-119. Securities & Investment donors account for 18.4% of Foster's identifiable contributions ($1.55M), and companies in this industry filed 8,187 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Science, Space, and Technology
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Sean Casten
D-IL · House
EducationLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Juan Vargas
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentCommercial Banks
Joyce Beatty
D-OH · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentCommercial Banks
Gwen Moore
D-WI · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentCommercial Banks
Peter Welch
D-VT · Senate
EducationLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Mary Gay Scanlon
D-PA · House
EducationLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment