Visa Inc.'s PAC funded 14 members of Congress. 6 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
Visa Inc. — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: Visa's PAC spread $156K across 14 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 6 of those funded members — Hill, Gottheimer, Suozzi and 3 others — sit on committees including Financial Services and Ways and Means, with jurisdiction over financial services.
Financial services is Visa's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 6 members also traded V — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 6 members
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. HillR-AR | $38k | 13 | Financial Services | 1 |
| Josh GottheimerD-NJ | $11k | 5 | Financial Services | 21 |
| Thomas SuozziD-NY | $10k | 4 | Ways and Means | 4 |
| Kevin HernR-OK | $7k | 3 | Ways and Means | 4 |
| Lisa McClainR-MI | $2k | 1 | Financial Services | 4 |
| Daniel MeuserR-PA | $2k | 1 | Financial Services | 4 |
The other 8 also took PAC money and disclosed V 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.
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