Laurel M. Lee
Republican
· FL-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet
Influence Score
58.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +4.0
vs 118th (54.5)
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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
3.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,036,589
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$190,274
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.8
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
7.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,491 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$202 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $53.50M 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 — $107K.
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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 | 54.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$311,210
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,739,211
Networks contributing
408
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Who funds Lee
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
0.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
9.5%
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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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$21K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
0.87%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CDR HEALTH CARE
$7K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$3K
AKERMAN LLP
$2K
MICROSOFT
$2K
TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
$2K
UNITED ENERGY WORKERS HEALTHCARE
$2K
DLA PIPER LLP
$1K
FUND STREET TECHNOLOGIES
$1K
HOLLAND KNIGHT LLP
$1K
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$64K
HOMEMAKER
$32K
HOMEMAKER
$27K
CORCORAN
$22K
ICI HOMES
$20K
WEATHERFORD CAPITAL
$16K
THE LEWIS BEAR
$16K
HOLTEC USA
$16K
FEATHERSTONE ONE
$14K
FERMAN MOTOR CAR
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
TAPPER VENTURES
$14K
HEALTHEDGE INVESTMENT
$14K
NEAL COMMUNITIES
$14K
TERREG MANAGEMENT
$14K
HOSPITALITY SOUTH
$13K
HOLLAND KNIGHT
$12K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$12K
COLUMBIA FOODSEVICE
$11K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Laurel M. Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.65M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.00M
Dark-money outside spending
$647K
Share that is dark money
39.20%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$5K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
$1.57M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.25M
ENGINEERING AMERICA'S FUTURE
$142K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$112K
CONSERVATIVE WARRIORS PAC
$82K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$50K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$11K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$4K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
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
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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.
33 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $56K to Laurel M. Lee across 48 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$56K
Shared contributors
33
Contributions
48
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 15 | $16K |
| 2024 | 22 | 25 | $23K |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 | $16K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Laurel M. Lee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLE LACROIX | Legislative/policy staffer to Senator Lee | LACROIX ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE | 1 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
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Laurel M. Lee 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