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SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL

On the record as: lobbying client, PAC, lobbyists' giving (LD-203).

$18K
from its PAC to 5 senators, 2021 on
$7.3M
on 69 lobbying reports as a client
$305K
its lobbyists report giving 35 senators (LD-203)

Its PAC's giving to senators

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SYNCPAC)

  • Democrats $2,500 (14%)
  • Republicans $15,000 (86%)

The senators it gave most, colored by party. ◆ marks a senator on a committee that handles what it lobbies on.

◆ John Thune
R-SD · Finance
$43K
◆ Tim Scott
R-SC · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
$39K
◆ Mike Crapo
R-ID · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
$23K
$18K
◆ Thom Tillis
R-NC · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
$18K
$15K
◆ Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$12K
◆ Mike Rounds
R-SD · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$11K
◆ Steve Daines
R-MT · Finance
$10K
◆ Ruben Gallego
D-AZ · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$10K
$10K
◆ David McCormick
R-PA · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$7,500
◆ Chuck Grassley
R-IA · Finance
$7,500
$7,000
$7,000
◆ Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
$5,000
All 35 senators
SenatorFrom its PACIts lobbyists (LD-203)Sits on, in its lobbying areas
John Thune R SD$7,500$35,000Finance
Tim Scott R SC—$39,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Mike Crapo R ID—$22,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Jon Tester D MT—$17,500
Thom Tillis R NC—$17,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Jerry Moran R KS—$15,000
Sherrod Brown D OH—$12,500
Mitch McConnell R KY—$12,500
Kyrsten Sinema I AZ—$12,500
Katie Boyd Britt R AL—$12,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Mike Rounds R SD$2,500$8,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Steve Daines R MT$2,500$7,500Finance
Ruben Gallego D AZ$2,500$7,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Alex Padilla D CA—$10,000
Charles E. Schumer D NY—$10,000
David McCormick R PA$2,500$5,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chuck Grassley R IA—$7,500Finance
Gary C. Peters D MI—$7,000
Mitt Romney R UT—$7,000
Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE—$5,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Bill Cassidy R LA—$5,000Finance
Ron Wyden D OR—$5,000Finance
Ben Sasse R NE—$3,500
Jim Banks R IN—$2,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Catherine Cortez Masto D NV—$2,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
Bill Hagerty R TN—$2,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Bernie Moreno R OH—$2,500Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
J.D. Vance R OH—$2,500
Mark R. Warner D VA—$2,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Finance
John Barrasso R WY—$1,000Finance
Thomas R. Carper D DE—$1,000
John Cornyn R TX—$1,000Finance
Kevin Cramer R ND—$1,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Cynthia M. Lummis R WY—$1,000Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Christopher Murphy D CT—$1,000

Its lobbying, by year

What its quarterly reports (LD-2) total each year: the fees it paid its lobbying firms, or its own lobbying spending when it lobbies for itself. Latest version of each report.

2021: $1.1M20212022: $1.3M20222023: $1.2M20232024: $1.4M2024$1.4M2025: $1.1M20252026: $1.2M2026

What it lobbied on

The lobbying firms it hired

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FirmReportsFees reported
POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC23$1.8M
PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC23$1.4M

1 of its lobbyists worked for a senator

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LobbyistFormer position, as they list itSenatorLatest report
ROBERT ERDELLeg. Assistant, Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer; Designee, House Financial Services Committee; Leg. Assistant, Sen. Deb Fischer; Staff Assistant, Field Rep, Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Roy BluntDeb Fischer2026