Financial Bailout: Who are the big investors?

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The data is somewhat out of date — from the end of 2006 — but here were the top owners of some of the firms that stand to gain the most from a bailout of the financial system, courtesy of the personal financial disclosure database at the Center for Responsive Politics. Here were the top holders at that time:

Top Holders of Goldman Sachs

John Kerry (D-Mass) $2,000,002
Christopher S. ‘Kit’ Bond (R-Mo) $115,002 to $300,000
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $69,772
John McCain (R-Ariz) $65,002 to $150,000
Denny Rehberg (R-Mont) $50,001 to $100,000
Kenny Ewell Marchant (R-Texas) $46,120
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis) $34,885
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $16,002 to $65,000
Kent Conrad (D-ND) $15,001 to $50,000

Top Holders of CitiGroup

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WVa) $1,501,003 to $6,015,000
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,001,002 to $1,017,001
Robin Hayes (R-NC) $350,002 to $750,000
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis) $191,380
Craig Thomas (R-Wyo) $101,002 to $266,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $90,102 to $125,101
John McCain (R-Ariz) $65,002 to $150,000

Top Holders of American International Group

Robin Hayes (R-NC) $1,765,004 to $6,550,000
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,516,004 to $2,065,001
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $250,001 to $500,000
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) $165,003 to $400,000
Chris Chocola (R-Ind) $100,001 to $250,000
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) $50,001 to $100,000
Dave Weldon (R-Fla) $50,001 to $100,000
Tom Price (R-Ga) $15,893
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) $15,001 to $50,000
Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio) $15,001 to $50,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $15,001 to $50,000
Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla) $15,001 to $50,000

Top Holders of Fannie Mae

Mary Bono (R-Calif) $181,006 to $415,000
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) $65,002 to $150,000
Pete Sessions (R-Texas) $50,001 to $100,000
Kenny Ewell Marchant (R-Texas) $19,004
Dave Weldon (R-Fla) $15,001 to $50,000
Fred Upton (R-Mich) $15,001 to $50,000
Tom Price (R-Ga) $9,027
Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz) $5,404
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) $2,002 to $30,000
Jo Bonner (R-Ala) $2,002 to $30,000
Eric Cantor (R-Va) $1,001 to $15,000

Top Holders of Freddie Mac

F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis) $67,900
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) $20,059
Kenny Ewell Marchant (R-Texas) $16,975
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich) $15,001 to $50,000
Tom Price (R-Ga) $7,333
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $2,002 to $30,000
Anthony D. Weiner (D-NY) $1,001 to $15,000