Dale W. Strong
Republican
· AL-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability
Influence Score
50.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.0
vs 118th (53.7)
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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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$460,216
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$985,402
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.0
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.3
/ 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
4.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $151.30M 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 — $303K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 53.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 50.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,000
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
2.1%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,440,581
Networks contributing
237
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Who funds Strong
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
97.3%
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
20
Money that arrived near votes
$34K
Distinct donors
35
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
4.13%
Biggest clusters of timed money
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
LEIDOS
$3K
BANK INDEPENDENT
$3K
LEIDOS
$3K
BANK INDEPENDENT
$2K
LEIDOS
$2K
LEIDOS
$2K
LEIDOS
$2K
CENTERVIEW
$1K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$152K
COLLAZO
$46K
IGNITE
$39K
HOMETOWN LENDERS
$35K
MCDANIEL MCDANIEL
$29K
BRELAND COMPANIES
$23K
SMART LIVING
$23K
HOMEMAKER
$20K
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$20K
MULLINS ENGINEERING
$18K
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL
$17K
LEIDOS
$17K
HOMEMAKER
$16K
BROADWAY
$16K
WAVELINK
$15K
ANDERSON MEDIA
$14K
IRON MOUNTAIN SOLUTIONS
$14K
KB DEVELOPMENT
$14K
LARRY S PISTOL AND PAWN
$14K
WOODLAND HOMES
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dale W. Strong comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$873K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$399K
AMERICA FIRST ALABAMA PAC
$113K
PROTECT AND DEFEND AMERICA
$61K
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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.
35 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $77K to Dale W. Strong across 41 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$77K
Shared contributors
35
Contributions
41
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | $6K |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | $13K |
| 2026 | 24 | 25 | $59K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Dale W. Strong or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARRISON GRIFFIN | Chief of Staff for Representative Dale Strong in the U.S. House of Representativ… | FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 1 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
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Dale W. Strong 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