August Pfluger
Republican
· TX-11 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Environment · and Cyber · Civilian Security · and International Economic Policy · House Committee on Homeland Security
Influence Score
64.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.4
vs 118th (71.3)
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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
5.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,009
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
6.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 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
5.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$22,506 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$3,642 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $40.66M 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 — $81K.
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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 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 71.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$45,000
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
$45,000
Total from all networks
$2,293,622
Networks contributing
392
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Who funds Pfluger
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
1.8%
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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$33K
Distinct donors
22
Distinct employers
8
Share of their total fundraising
0.67%
Biggest clusters of timed money
VALERO
$13K
MARATHON MEDICAL
$3K
SUMMIT PETROLEUM
$3K
SUMMIT PETROLEUM
$3K
NAIDU CLINIC
$2K
TRACE MIDSTREAM
$2K
VALERO
$2K
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN HEALTHCARE
$2K
INDUSTRIAL HOSE OILFIELD SUPPLY
$1K
CENTEX TECHNOLOGIES
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$199K
HOMEMAKER
$160K
HOMEMAKER
$73K
CEO
$46K
PRESIDENT
$33K
OWNER
$27K
PHYSICIAN
$26K
EXECUTIVE
$25K
FARMER
$23K
OWNER
$23K
RANCHER
$23K
NOT IN WORKFORCE
$23K
OIL GAS
$22K
CEO
$22K
PHYSICIAN
$22K
ORYX MIDSTREAM SERVICES
$20K
CONCHO RESOURCES
$20K
THE DON EVANS
$19K
SHANNON CLINIC
$19K
DISCOVERY OPERATING
$18K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against August Pfluger comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$660K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$429K
FUTURE LEADERS FUND
$30K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$11K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$8K
JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - JOFPAC
$2K
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$598
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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.
148 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $874K to August Pfluger across 203 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$874K
Shared contributors
148
Contributions
203
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 29 | $142K |
| 2024 | 78 | 95 | $411K |
| 2026 | 60 | 79 | $322K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for August Pfluger or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYCE MATTHEWS | Intern, Congressman Mike Conway; Intern, Senator John Cornyn; Staff Assistant, C… | COZEN O'CONNOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES | 20 | 72 | 2024–2025 |
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August Pfluger sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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