Katie Boyd Britt
Senator · R-AL
OverviewMoney & Influence
$1.7M raised.
Here's where it came from and where it went.
$1.7M raised$242 avg donation51% from AL1 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
1 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
17% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
63% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
51% of donations come from AL
The majority of funding comes from within the member's home state.
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 — Katie Boyd Britt'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
Britt's leadership PAC raised $3.0M — more than individual donors contributed directly. Finance is the largest PAC sector at $329K from 107 PACs.
Industry PACs
$843KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$3.0MHow much power this member brokers
Alabama First Pac
Raised: $1.0MSpent: $1.2M
Alabama First Pac
Raised: $1.7MSpent: $1.6M
Alabama First Pac
Raised: $288KSpent: $29K
Top Individual Donors
$3.0MNamed people writing checks
Pitts, D. Frank↗$11K
AL · Intergraph · 5xBurton, Philip↗$10K
AL · Burton Property Group · 3xWalker, Larr↗$10K
MT · Physical Assistant · 2xWarren, John↗$10K
FL · 3xHand, Staci B.↗$10K
AL · Up Professional Solutions, Llc · 3xYates, Shari↗$10K
AZ · Sharbro · 15x
Britt
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Judiciary
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
98
International Affairs
33
Transportation and Public Works
23
Environmental Protection
18
Armed Forces and National Security
16
Finance and Financial Sector
15
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.