 In the 2016 election cycle, Goldman employees were reported () to have donated $371,245 to the Republican National Committee and $301,119 to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.Goldman Sachs forbade its top level employees from donating to the Donald Trump presidential campaign.In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued regulations that limit asset managers' donations to state and local officials, and prohibit certain top-level employees from donating to such officials.