Jim Banks
U.S. Senator · Indiana · Republican
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2025–26 cycle · through Sep 25, 2026Method53 PACs of the 151 that gave
Of the 151 PACs that gave to Banks and have a lobbying organization behind them, 53 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
35% · Senate median: 41%
84 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 84 bills. Banks voted Yea on 8, and sponsored or cosponsored 76 with no recorded vote.
$157K of $574K
Those 53 PACs gave Banks $157K, 27% of all the PAC money he received.
Senate median: 29%
PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $2.7M.
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
Top 3 of 95 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 11 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Banks 191 PACs
- NorpacIndependent PAC · funds 26 other members71% to Republicans
- Applied Research AssociatesCorporate PAC · funds 41 other members52% to Republicans
- Elevance HealthCorporate PAC · funds 247 other members52% to Republicans
All 95 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Banks’ own reports
FEC H6IN03229 · FEC S4IN00196Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 25, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 49 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
38 of Banks’ PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Banks’ leadership PAC (Building a National Knowledgeable Security PAC) is reported separately.