Mr. Dyson has been a regular contributor to campaign finance committees associated with the mayor.
Employees and political action committees associated with the financial services company donated a total of $199,523 to Zinke's two congressional campaigns, Federal Election Commission records show.
In a first-of-its-kind study, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has compiled a nearly comprehensive list of political action committees associated with lawmakers.
In 2000, the average contribution to a legislator by political action committees associated with unions, companies or industry groups was only $1,700, they found.
During the 2000 election cycle, Democratic committees have received $13.6 million from individuals, companies and political action committees associated with the television, film and music industries, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington group that monitors campaign financing.
Mr. Gallagher said the PAC would probably donate $50,000 to $100,000 this year to national candidates, an amount he described as commensurate with similar committees associated with the film and music industries.
Telling friends he needed to act quickly to balance out his political connections if he hoped to maintain access, he donated more than $1.1 million to committees associated with Mr. Trump and the Republican Party in the three months after the 2016 election.
Committees associated with Meehan had given at least $8,000 to Comstock, and she said she would donate the same amount to charities that work with women and children.
Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee grilled the 48-year-old former state lawmaker about his financial support from fossil fuel companies, which have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Pruitt and political action committees associated with him.
Mr. Thune, a leading voice in favor of deficit reduction, received at least $80,000 in campaign contributions since 2007 from political action committees associated with commodity agriculture, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign spending.
It's easy to see where Perry's allegiances lie: He collected nearly $14 million in campaign contributions from individuals and committees associated with energy, natural resource extraction, and waste disposal between 2001 and 2010, according to the watchdog group Texans for Public Justice.
