Austin Scott
Republican
· GA-8 · 119th Congress
and Credit (Chair) · Risk Management (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Rules · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
58.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -4.9
vs 118th (63.8)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,956
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,748
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$12,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.93M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $60K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 36.0 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 46.6 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$50,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
FRIENDS OF MATT GAETZ
Share from this one network
2.6%
Amount from this network
$44,500
Total from all networks
$1,696,762
Networks contributing
229
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Who funds Scott
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$633,456
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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
1.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
DANIEL DEFENSE
$18K
FICKLING
$14K
DANIEL DEFENSE
$12K
YANCEY BROTHERS
$11K
WSR INSURANCE
$11K
GRID RASTER
$10K
DANIEL DEFENSE
$10K
CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING
$10K
CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING
$8K
MCLENDON ACRES
$8K
BUTLER AUYO
$7K
FICKLING
$7K
FOUTS BROS
$7K
WAFFLE HOUSE
$7K
BGR
$6K
COLLIERS
$6K
FICKLING
$6K
HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE
$6K
RAINES INVESTMENTS
$5K
TMM
$5K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Austin Scott comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTONGROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN
$5K
MAHA PAC
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$506
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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.
138 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $383K to Austin Scott across 239 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$383K
Shared contributors
138
Contributions
239
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 69 | $106K |
| 2024 | 86 | 139 | $225K |
| 2026 | 29 | 31 | $52K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Austin Scott or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN REISING | Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff-… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 87 | 92 | 2025–2025 |
| JASON LAWRENCE | U.S. House of Representatives - Chief of Staff - Rep. Austin Scott (GA) | KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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Austin Scott sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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