Bradley Scott Schneider
Democrat
· IL-10 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Environment · and Cyber · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · House Committee on Small Business · Tax and Capital Access · House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
83.2
Highly exposed
↑ +9.6
vs 118th (73.6)
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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
9.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$22,773
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$139,888
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 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
13.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$41,832 direct
CITYPAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $58.38M 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 — $117K.
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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 | 72.5 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 74.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 83.2 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$66,750
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
1.2%
Amount from this network
$49,025
Total from all networks
$3,946,149
Networks contributing
515
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Who funds Schneider
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,599,601
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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
2.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.9%
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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
49
Money that arrived near votes
$98K
Distinct donors
62
Distinct employers
35
Share of their total fundraising
3.27%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
SENATOR INVESTMENT
$7K
MESIROW FINANCIAL
$5K
RANGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$3K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$3K
GOLDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$3K
GP FINANCIAL
$3K
MESIROW FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MESIROW FINANCIAL
$24K
MESIROW FINANCIAL
$17K
KANSAS CITY UROLOGY CARE PA
$16K
KIRKLAND AND ELLIS
$16K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$16K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$13K
PARAGON BIOSCIENCES
$13K
KRAFT HEINZ
$12K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$12K
VERNON PARK CAPITAL
$12K
APOLLO
$10K
CAPITAL
$10K
CAPITAL COMPANIES
$10K
HENRY CROWN AND
$10K
PARAGON BIOSCIENCES
$10K
SCOTT EISEN
$10K
STATE OF IL
$10K
BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE
$10K
ASSOCIATED AGENCIES
$10K
GREENBERG TRAURIG
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bradley Scott Schneider comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$89K
Disclosed outside spending
$89K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
RESTORATION PAC
$86K
THE FREEDOM FORWARD FUND
$54K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$23K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'
$60
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
560 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.11M to Bradley Scott Schneider across 902 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.11M
Shared contributors
560
Contributions
902
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 150 | 224 | $528K |
| 2024 | 284 | 413 | $924K |
| 2026 | 238 | 265 | $654K |
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Bradley Scott Schneider's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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