Union Pacific Corporation's PAC funded 11 members of Congress. 5 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
Union Pacific Corporation — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: Union's PAC spread $150K across 11 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 5 of those funded members — Westerman, Stanton, Curtis and 2 others — sit on committees including Transportation and Infrastructure and Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with jurisdiction over industrials.
Industrials is Union's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 5 members also traded UNP — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 5 members
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce WestermanR-AR | $36k | 20 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 2 |
| Greg StantonD-AZ | $23k | 14 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 2 |
| John CurtisR-UT | $21k | 14 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 4 |
| Rick LarsenD-WA | $20k | 7 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 2 |
| Robert BresnahanR-PA | $4k | 3 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 1 |
The other 6 also took PAC money and disclosed UNP trades — but hold no current seat on a committee overseeing industrials.
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.