Cliff Bentz
Republican
· OR-2 · 119th Congress
and Wildlife (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Intellectual Property · and the Internet
Influence Score
49.4
Least exposed
↓ -0.7
vs 118th (50.1)
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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
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,964
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
6.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.6
/ 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
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.69M 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 — $93K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 51.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 50.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.4 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$37,000
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
TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
Share from this one network
2.0%
Amount from this network
$26,000
Total from all networks
$1,323,910
Networks contributing
271
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Who funds Bentz
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$542,714
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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
0.6%
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
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$3K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.51%
Biggest clusters of timed money
OBSIDIAN RENEWABLES
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BRIGHT WOOD
$13K
STATE OF OREGON
$9K
ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
$9K
THE PAPE
$9K
ENDEAVOUR CAPITAL
$7K
FRERES ENGINEERED WOOD
$7K
PATRICK FIRE
$7K
STATE OF OREGON
$7K
CLEAR PATH
$7K
EDW C LEVY
$7K
MURPHY FOREST PRODUCTS
$7K
ELMER S RESTAURANTS
$6K
SWANSON LUMBER
$6K
OBSIDIAN RENEWABLES
$6K
GRAYBACK FORESTRY
$6K
KREBS SHEEP
$6K
METRO WEST AMBULANCE
$6K
2040
$6K
BHG HOTELS
$6K
CLOUD TANK
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Cliff Bentz comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$225K
OREGON RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY PAC
$6K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$1K
VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE
$1K
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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.
56 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $174K to Cliff Bentz across 67 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$174K
Shared contributors
56
Contributions
67
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 6 | $41K |
| 2024 | 52 | 59 | $125K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $8K |
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Cliff Bentz 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