THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Pete Sessions' fundraising relies nearly equally on PAC and committee money (53%) and individual donors (47%), with $159K in separate party and leadership contributions. His industry-tied donations cluster in financial services (commercial banks, insurance, securities), legal services, health care, and agriculture, with lawyers and lobbyists appearing prominently among both PAC and individual donor bases. Individual donors employed in law, health services, and securities investment represent a secondary signal of his donor network's professional composition.
Raised · all cycles$3.1M▲ 24% in ’24 vs ’22#148 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Commercial Banks
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Sessions (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 Sessions voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Sessions'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$51K
ALLIANCE BANK OF CENTRAL TEXAS MMT
corporation
2$30K
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC
PAC
3$28K
BANKPAC
PAC
4$27K
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$27K
AICPA PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap77%
Pete Sessions (R) voted YEA sjres18-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (13%) with 3538 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule requiring Commercial Banks to cap overdraft charges at $5. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) voted YEA on sjres18-119. Commercial Banks represent 13.0% of Sessions' identifiable donor base ($0.40M, ranking #9 among donors to his party), and Commercial Banks companies filed 3,538 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap77%
Pete Sessions (R) voted YEA sjres13-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (13%) with 3538 active lobbying filings
SJres13-119 would nullify a Treasury Department rule that revised bank merger review procedures, including removing expedited approvals for Commercial Banks. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) voted YEA on the resolution. Commercial Banks contributed 13.0% of his identifiable donor base ($0.40M), and companies in this industry filed 3,538 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
Committee–Donor Overlap69%
Pete Sessions (R) sits on the Financial Services committee overseeing Commercial Banks — their largest tracked donor sector (12%)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, which has jurisdiction over the Commercial Banks sector. Commercial Banks represents 12.0% of Sessions' identifiable donor base ($0.37M), ranking 11th among Republican members in donor concentration from this sector.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Oversight and Government Reform
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL · House
Health ServicesLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
Health ServicesLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Jodey C. Arrington
R-TX · House
Health ServicesLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Daniel Meuser
R-PA · House
Commercial BanksHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
Jimmy Panetta
D-CA · House
Health ServicesLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
David Kustoff
R-TN · House
Commercial BanksHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists