$270 Million in Wall Street Money Is Sloshing Through This Election

In an election year that began with Wall Street getting pounded like a heavy bag in a Brooklyn gym and wrapped up with both the House and Senate mercilessly pummeling one of the too-big-to-fail banks, the financial industry has been very, very good to politicians. Big Banks, hedge funds, private equity shops and other securities and investment firms have made more than $273 million in donations to federal candidates during the 2015-16 election cycle, according to Americans for Financial Reform.