William R. Keating
Democrat
· MA-9 · 119th Congress
the Environment (Chair) · and Cyber (Chair) · and the Environment (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · and International Terrorism
Influence Score
43.0
Least exposed
↑ +8.2
vs 118th (34.8)
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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
2.0
/ 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
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,995 direct
JSTREETPAC
$1,275 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.35M 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 — $63K.
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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 | 48.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.9 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 34.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 43.0 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$25,000
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
3.2%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$791,282
Networks contributing
134
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Who funds Keating
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
0.5%
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
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$7K
STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS
$7K
PLURUS STRATEGIES
$7K
RENTALS UNLIMITED
$7K
KECHES LAW
$6K
MICROSOFT
$6K
CAPE COD HEALTH CARE
$6K
KECHES LAW
$6K
WINDJAMMER CONSTRUCTION
$6K
PLURUS STRATEGIES
$6K
SMITH DAWSON ANDREWS
$6K
THORNTON NAUMES LLP
$6K
STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS
$6K
THORN RUN
$6K
AT-HOME
$5K
BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL
$5K
WEQUASSETT RESORT AND GOLF CLUB
$5K
KEARNEY DONOVAN MCGEE
$4K
KECHES
$4K
LANGUEDOC
$4K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against William R. Keating comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
DEMOCRACY PAC
$72
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
27 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $40K to William R. Keating across 42 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$40K
Shared contributors
27
Contributions
42
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 16 | $14K |
| 2024 | 19 | 21 | $20K |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $6K |
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William R. Keating ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no 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