Bill Huizenga
Republican
· MI-4 · 119th Congress
and Capital Markets (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Community Development · and Insurance · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
79.9
Highly exposed
↑ +5.1
vs 118th (74.8)
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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
11.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$420,020
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
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
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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,004 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 | 44.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 79.9 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$175,000
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$87,500
Total from all networks
$4,351,020
Networks contributing
448
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Who funds Huizenga
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
7.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.1%
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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
37
Money that arrived near votes
$113K
Distinct donors
49
Distinct employers
25
Share of their total fundraising
5.53%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
RDV
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
THE BLACKSTONE
$7K
VIRTU FINANCIAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AMWAY
$88K
THE STEVE AND AMY VAN ANDEL
$82K
HAWORTH
$73K
AMWAY
$62K
THE STEVE AND AMY VAN ANDEL
$56K
LAND
$53K
BAD BOY MOWERS
$32K
DUTCH MASTER CAPITAL
$31K
HAWORTH
$30K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$29K
BLACKSTONE
$23K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$20K
LAND
$18K
LIQUIDITY MARKETS
$18K
THE BLACKSTONE
$18K
EAGLE ALLOY
$18K
PIONEER CONSTRUCTION
$17K
FUNDING METRICS
$16K
INTRAFI
$16K
VIRTU FINANCIAL
$15K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bill Huizenga comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$215K
MICHIGAN CONSERVATIVE ACTION
$129K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$53K
PATRIOTS FUND
$18K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$9K
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND
$3K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
PARTY_C00041160
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
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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.
17 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.14M to Bill Huizenga across 42 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.14M
Shared contributors
17
Contributions
42
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $267K |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | $200K |
| 2026 | 9 | 23 | $675K |
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Bill Huizenga'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