Jim Banks
Senator · R-IN
OverviewMoney & Influence
73% of Banks's money comes from outside IN.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$1.7M raised$268 avg donation27% from IN6 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
73% of donations come from outside IN
A supermajority of Jim Banks's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
6 former staff now work as lobbyists
Multiple former employees have moved to lobbying firms, 5 with high-confidence matches.
31% of PAC money comes from industries this member's committee regulates
A significant share of funding comes from industries directly affected by this member's legislative authority.
61% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Jim Banks's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Banks's leadership PAC raised $13.2M — more than individual donors contributed directly. Top individual donor: Salamone, Christopher J. Ii from NY ($22K).
Industry PACs
$1.0MWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$13.2MHow much power this member brokers
Building A National Knowledgeable Security Pac
Raised: $865KSpent: $935K
Building A National Knowledgeable Security Pac
Raised: $276KSpent: $165K
The Guardian Fund
Raised: $2.6MSpent: $2.6M
House Conservatives Fund
Raised: $799KSpent: $756K
The Guardian Fund
Raised: $2.8MSpent: $3.2M
Top Individual Donors
$3.9MNamed people writing checks
NY · 1x
Olympidis, Gus↗$15K
IN · 5xParikh, Ravi↗$15K
NY · Unemployed · 2xGeduldig, Sam↗$14K
DC · Cgcn Group · 5xFL · 4x
Ramsey, Jason↗$13K
NC · Renewable Energy Consultant · 3x
Banks
Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
789
Economics and Public Finance
648
Armed Forces and National Security
438
Government Operations and Politics
297
International Affairs
288
Finance and Financial Sector
202
The Revolving Door
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.