THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Schneider's fundraising relies moderately on PACs and committees, which account for 41 percent of his $10.5 million in contributions, with individual donors providing the remaining 59 percent. His industry-tied contributions cluster in financial services and legal sectors, with lawyers and lobbyists representing 18 percent of industry money, securities and investment 17 percent, and insurance and real estate each accounting for smaller shares; individual donors employed in law, finance, and real estate show similar sectoral concentration. Over his time in office, Schneider has disclosed 100 stock trades under the STOCK Act across 338 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$10.5M▲ 1% in ’24 vs ’22#39 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes14on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Schneider (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 Schneider voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 14 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Schneider'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$109K
BUILDING AND REVITALIZING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY FUND
PAC
2$77K
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
employees
3$73K
MESIROW FINANCIAL
employees
4$56K
VERNON & PARK CAPITAL
employees
5$54K
PARAGON BIOSCIENCES
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting89%
Bradley Scott Schneider (D) voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #8 rate in the House
Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider voted YEA on 100% of seven tracked bills classified as favoring his top donor sectors—Securities & Investment and Real Estate—ranking #8 among House members on this metric. He also voted YEA on six of six bills classified as limiting those same sectors, including voting YEA on HJRES25-119, a congressional disapproval resolution on Securities & Investment regulations.
Spouse Trading85%
76% of the trades disclosed by Bradley Scott Schneider are attributed to their spouse's account
Of 100 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 76 (76%) are attributed to Bradley Scott Schneider's spouse, totaling $9.8M–$22.0M in disclosed ranges. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades by themselves, their spouse, and dependent children; the attribution shown here is stated on the face of each filing and carries no implication about who directed the trades.
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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