Michelle Steel
Republican
· CA-45 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$25,813,099
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,512 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$12,748 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Steel
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$48K
CARGILLE SACHER LABS
$18K
JOHNSON MACHINERY
$14K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAP
$13K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$13K
TROY
$13K
VETERANS GUARDIAN
$13K
WORD BROWN
$13K
WORD BROWN
$12K
2ND LETTER SENT
$12K
ACTIVE USA
$12K
ACTIVE USA
$12K
ALLIED PROFESSIONALS INSURANCE
$12K
BILL TEMPLETON
$12K
KOALA KNOW
$12K
PALOS VERDES DEVELOPERS
$12K
STEPHENS
$12K
ZION
$12K
HB REAL ESTATES
$11K
LAWRENCE EQUIPMENT
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michelle Steel comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$18.99M
Disclosed outside spending
$17.25M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.74M
Share that is dark money
9.17%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$591K
Groups hiding their donors
7
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$30.66M
DCCC
$11.79M
FAIRSHAKE
$5.58M
VOTEVETS
$3.09M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.47M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.00M
SLF PAC
$952K
AMERICA PAC
$795K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$715K
HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES
$674K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$672K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$613K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$367K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$290K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$200K
Groups that hide their donors
$486K
1 smaller group under $500
$24
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
264 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $595K to Michelle Steel across 735 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$595K
Shared contributors
264
Contributions
735
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 114 | 343 | $347K |
| 2024 | 178 | 390 | $249K |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | $68 |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Michelle Steel or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIE DANA | Chief of Staff, Rep. Michelle Steel | REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
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Michelle Steel is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required