Steve Scalise
Republican
· LA-1 · 119th Congress
House Majority Leader · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Influence Score
80.4
Highly exposed
↓ -3.9
vs 118th (84.3)
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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
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,731
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$99,683
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 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
16.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.2
/ 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
12.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$120,558 direct
Israel-policy PAC money spent against this member: $790
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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 | 69.1 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 85.9 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 84.3 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 80.4 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$73,500
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
2.6%
Amount from this network
$128,158
Total from all networks
$4,893,492
Networks contributing
459
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Who funds Scalise
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
23.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Extra weight for leadership role
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.7%
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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
ULINE
$1.20M
ULINE
$1.07M
ULINE
$658K
HOMEMAKER
$611K
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$533K
GROSSE POINTE NEWS
$472K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$372K
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS
$359K
EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE
$356K
STEPHENS
$326K
GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$316K
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS
$313K
EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE
$307K
GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$307K
HEALTH PLAN OF MICHIGAN
$306K
NEW BALANCE
$306K
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$267K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$257K
NEW BALANCE
$257K
SQUIRE CREEK COUNTRY CLUB
$243K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Steve Scalise comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$100K
MAD DOG PAC
$8K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC
$790
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
SLF PAC
$737
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$66
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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.
797 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $35.44M to Steve Scalise across 2,620 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$35.44M
Shared contributors
797
Contributions
2,620
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 316 | 824 | $18.28M |
| 2024 | 514 | 1,144 | $11.86M |
| 2026 | 218 | 652 | $5.30M |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Steve Scalise or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIC ZULKOSKY | Director of Member Services, Majority Whip Steve Scalise, LD, Rep. Scalise, LA, … | FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | 14 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| CAITLIN BERNI | Scheduler and Legislative Assistant - Congressman Steve Scalise (LA) - 2008-2010 | BERNI CONSULTING, LLC | 2 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| LYNNEL RUCKERT | Clerk, House Energy and Commerce Committee; Scheduler, LA, Acting COS, Rep. Davi… | BOLD STRATEGIES, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
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Steve Scalise'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