Andy Barr
Republican
· KY-6 · 119th Congress
International Development (Chair) · and Monetary Policy (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
81.5
Highly exposed
↑ +4.9
vs 118th (76.6)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITYPAC
$500 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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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 | 71.2 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 52.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 76.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 81.5 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$148,000
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.
Share from this one network
1.7%
Amount from this network
$74,000
Total from all networks
$4,369,684
Networks contributing
455
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Who funds Barr
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
8.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
85
Money that arrived near votes
$241K
Distinct donors
127
Distinct employers
56
Share of their total fundraising
5.39%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
BLACKSTONE
$12K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
THE CARLYLE
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BANC OF CALIFORNIA
$61K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$32K
BLACKSTONE
$29K
WELLS FARGO
$24K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$20K
MT BRILLIANT FARM
$20K
MT BRILLIANT FARM
$19K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$18K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$17K
BLACKSTONE
$17K
CAPITAL
$17K
COINBASE
$16K
B RILEY FINANCIAL
$14K
FORCHT
$14K
UMH PROPERTIES
$14K
BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL
$14K
FIDELITY
$13K
GOLDEN AGE FARM
$13K
GREER COMPANIES
$13K
GJ PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Andy Barr comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.47M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$1.32M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.06M
DCCC
$553K
HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
$519K
VOTEVETS
$503K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$249K
SLF PAC
$204K
COALITION FOR AMERICAN VETERANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COALITION FOR AMERICAN VETERANS PAC) (CAV PAC)
$35K
CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES
$23K
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SUPER PAC
$15K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$11K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$5K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
KENTUCKY PRO-LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$547
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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.
173 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.94M to Andy Barr across 263 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.94M
Shared contributors
173
Contributions
263
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 49 | $337K |
| 2024 | 100 | 115 | $1.44M |
| 2026 | 81 | 99 | $163K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Andy Barr or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEVIN WYSOCKI | KevinWysockiProfessional Staff, House Financial Services Committee/ Rep. Barr; L… | ANCHOR LABS, INC. | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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Andy Barr's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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