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MA: third_quarter 2026 lobbying report
Issues related to interchange, cost of acceptance, debit interchange price controls, and routing mandates for credit cards. Issues related to payments tokenization and card security. HR 7035; S 3263.
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- Oct 19, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT
- Event / period date
- Not stated
- Collected
- Nov 8, 2026, 6:37 PM EST
Why this is connected
Exact legal-name match: Mastercard Inc (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/).
Reported lobbying amounts
Income: $45,000.00
These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.
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These disclosures provide context. Their presence does not establish a link between a trader and the event.
- Oct 27, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
$15K–$50K · Traded Oct 2, 2026 · disclosed Oct 27, 2026 · Spouse
Committee overlap: Financial Services - Jul 21, 2026$15K–$50K
Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
$15K–$50K · Traded Mar 27, 2026 · disclosed Jul 21, 2026 · filed 116 days later
- Jul 16, 2026$15K–$50K
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
$15K–$50K · Traded Jun 8, 2026 · disclosed Jul 16, 2026 · Joint
- Jul 2, 2026$1K–$15K
Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)
$1K–$15K · Traded Jun 5, 2026 · disclosed Jul 2, 2026
- May 11, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
$15K–$50K · Traded Apr 13, 2026 · disclosed May 11, 2026 · Spouse
- Apr 12, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 28, 2026 · disclosed Apr 12, 2026 · Spouse
- Mar 6, 2026$1K–$15K
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 23, 2026 · disclosed Mar 6, 2026 · Spouse
- Feb 6, 2026$15K–$50K
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
$15K–$50K · Traded Jan 29, 2026 · disclosed Feb 6, 2026 · Spouse
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