Thomas P. Tiffany
Republican
· WI-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · and the Internet · Terrorism and Homeland Security · and Enforcement
Influence Score
34.9
Least exposed
— 0.0
vs 118th (34.9)
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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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$16,697
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.6
/ 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
0.8
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1,124 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.31M 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 | 22.6 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 52.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 34.9 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 34.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Total money from this network
$31,529
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
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
5.8%
Amount from this network
$31,144
Total from all networks
$537,010
Networks contributing
118
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Who funds Tiffany
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$253,679
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
52.9%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.46%
Biggest clusters of timed money
L S ELECTRIC
$3K
GWIN LAW FIRM
$1K
AKERMAN LLP
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$30K
INCREDIBLE BANK
$30K
KLONDIKE CHEESE
$26K
HOMEMAKER
$25K
JACK LINKS
$20K
ULINE
$19K
THE MASTERSON
$17K
ULINE
$17K
EAGLE WASTE AND RECYCLING
$16K
TRIBE
$16K
JACK LINKS
$14K
QPS EMPLOYMENT
$13K
MARK TOYOTA
$12K
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES
$10K
CCFBANK
$10K
HENDRICKS
$10K
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$10K
LORISSA S KITCHEN PROTEIN SNACKS
$10K
MACLEAN-FOGG
$10K
RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas P. Tiffany comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11K
Disclosed outside spending
$7K
Dark-money outside spending
$4K
Share that is dark money
37.91%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.28M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$969K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$726K
AMERICANS 4 SECURITY PAC
$215K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$55K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$13K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$6K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
29 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $51K to Thomas P. Tiffany across 38 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$51K
Shared contributors
29
Contributions
38
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | 19 | $23K |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | $16K |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $11K |
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Thomas P. Tiffany 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