Regions Financial Corporation's PAC funded 4 members of Congress. 2 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
Regions Financial Corporation — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: Regions's PAC spread $68K across 4 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 2 of those funded members — Hill and McClain — sit on the Financial Services committee, with jurisdiction over financial services.
Financial services is Regions's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 2 members also traded RF — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 2 members
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. HillR-AR | $40k | 14 | Financial Services | 1 |
| Lisa McClainR-MI | $6k | 3 | Financial Services | 4 |
The other 2 also took PAC money and disclosed RF trades — but hold no current seat on a committee overseeing financial services.
PAC contributions are legal and disclosed. This surfaces co-occurrence of corporate donations, lobbying, and personal stock trades — not evidence of coordination or quid pro quo.