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$4.4 million in Banking & Financial PAC money was in the room for the vote on Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

195 members who voted on H.R. 1181 also banked banking & financial PAC money in the 2024 cycle. Who got what, and how they voted.

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223 members who cast a yes or no vote took banking & financial PAC money in the 2024 cycle. The biggest recipients are shown; the full list is on the bill page.

This bill stops credit card companies and payment processors from using special codes to identify gun stores. It also overrides any state or local laws that require such codes. The Attorney General would enforce the ban and handle complaints.

Gun buyers and gun store owners are affected. The bill aims to keep purchase data private, but critics worry it could make it harder to track suspicious gun sales.

Major public companies this covers
  • VisaV
  • MastercardMA
  • American ExpressAXP
The vote

How the chamber split

221 yea · 201 nayPassed · 9 not voting
221 yes
201 no
The debate

What each side says

Supporters
  • The bill protects the privacy of law-abiding gun buyers by preventing payment networks from singling out gun stores with special codes.bill
  • It stops states and cities from creating their own tracking systems, ensuring a single national rule.bill
Critics
  • Without special codes, it becomes harder for banks and law enforcement to spot unusual buying patterns that might indicate illegal gun trafficking.report
  • The bill preempts state and local laws that were designed to help prevent mass shootings or straw purchases.bill

Each point links to its source. The views are attributed to those sources, not stated as ours.

Money lens

Banking & Financial money, split by party

▲ Voted yes221
5 Dem215 Rep
Banking & Financial PAC receipts$2.6M
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$636K
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.$210K
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$210K
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$200K
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$150K
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$143K
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$113K
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)$100K
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$94K
  • INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC)$70K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$60K
  • INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$58K
  • HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HBI-PAC)$50K
  • CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND$50K
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$48K
  • PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC$45K
  • AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC$40K
  • THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. PAC (AKA 'CARLYLE PAC')$39K
  • THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$35K
  • FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC$31K
  • U.S. BANCORP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$30K
  • CITIGROUP INC. PAC - FEDERAL (CITI PAC - FEDERAL)$30K
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$30K
  • SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC$24K
  • AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20K
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC$20K
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC)$20K
  • LPL FINANCIAL LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LPL PAC)$18K
  • WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEES GOOD GOVERNMENT FEDERAL FUND II$10K
  • ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
  • HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC. FEDERAL PAC (HSBC FEDERAL PAC)$10K
  • UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC (UWM PAC)$10K
  • COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC., PAC$10K
  • MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
  • COMMUNITY BANCSHARES OF MISSISSIPPI INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7K
  • FIRST CAPITAL PAC$3K
  • SECURITY FINANCE CORPORATION OF SPARTANBURG AND AFFILIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3K
Members covered124 / 221
Avg per covered$21K
▼ Voted no201
200 Dem1 Rep
Banking & Financial PAC receipts$1.9M
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$348K
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$263K
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$168K
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.$145K
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$138K
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$95K
  • INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC)$85K
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$80K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$80K
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$53K
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$53K
  • CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND$40K
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$30K
  • BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACKROCK PAC)$30K
  • SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$30K
  • MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$30K
  • THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$23K
  • THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. PAC (AKA 'CARLYLE PAC')$20K
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC$20K
  • PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC$20K
  • THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12K
  • INFIN, A FINANCIAL SERVICES ALLIANCE, INC. PAC ('INFIN PAC')$11K
  • UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC (UWM PAC)$10K
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)$10K
  • FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC$10K
  • FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC PAC 2001$10K
  • ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
  • KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PAC$10K
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC)$10K
  • FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC$10K
  • HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HBI-PAC)$10K
  • TD BANK N.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
  • SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC$10K
  • STRUCTURED FINANCE COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STRUCTURED FINANCE PAC)$10K
  • THE PRIVATE INVESTOR COALITION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
  • SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SYNCPAC)$10K
  • LPL FINANCIAL LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LPL PAC)$10K
  • THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. FEDERAL PAC (AKA HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND)$10K
  • INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8K
  • COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC., PAC$5K
  • DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5K
Members covered99 / 201
Avg per covered$20K

See all 223 members and the full breakdown on the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act bill page →

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