Mike Rogers
Republican
· AL-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services (Chair) · House Committee on Homeland Security (Chair) · and Operations · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · and Recovery · and Accountability
Influence Score
56.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -8.1
vs 118th (64.9)
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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
4.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.6
/ 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
8.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,601 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.18M 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 — $56K.
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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 | 28.3 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 40.7 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 56.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$53,000
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.3%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$2,651,186
Networks contributing
316
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Who funds Rogers
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$793,545
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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
1.4%
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
GENERAL ATOMICS
$282K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$233K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$132K
ARONOV REALTY
$110K
ARONOV REALTY
$98K
GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD
$95K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$64K
ARONOV REALTY
$63K
BLUESTAG
$56K
THE O NEIL
$56K
POSEIDON BARGE
$56K
YELLAWOOD
$53K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$51K
COLSA
$50K
COLSA
$50K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$43K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$38K
HANNING AND BEAN
$37K
HOMEMAKER
$36K
L-3 HARRIS
$34K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Rogers comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTONGROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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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.
330 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $577K to Mike Rogers across 399 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$577K
Shared contributors
330
Contributions
399
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 22 | $28K |
| 2024 | 204 | 225 | $315K |
| 2026 | 138 | 152 | $234K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Mike Rogers or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSH FINESTONE | Legislative Assistant, Rep. Mike Rogers; Legislative Director, Rep. Tom Graves; … | VENABLE LLP | 13 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| ANDY KEISER | Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Rogers (MI) | NAVIGATORS GLOBAL LLC (FORMERLY DC NAVIGATORS, LLC) | 11 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
| ANDREW HAWKINS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Rogers | EAST END GROUP, LLC | 3 | 35 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN SIMPSON | Representative Mike Rogers, Legislative Assistant | CAPITOL RESOURCES, LLC | 1 | 6 | 2023–2025 |
| SHANNON STEHOUWER | Staff, Senator John Hoeven (2014-2016); Staff, Rep. Mike Rogers (2010-2014) | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
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Mike Rogers 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