Steny H. Hoyer
Democrat
· MD-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services · and Related Agencies
Influence Score
78.4
Highly exposed
↓ -4.3
vs 118th (82.7)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,592
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.3
/ 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
14.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 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
$49,595 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $158.78M 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 — $318K.
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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 | 76.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 82.7 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 78.4 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$85,000
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$53,795
Total from all networks
$3,583,100
Networks contributing
413
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Who funds Hoyer
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
95.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.7%
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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
14
Money that arrived near votes
$25K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
1.89%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES
$3K
INVESTMENT INSTITUTE
$3K
KISTLER INVESTMENT
$3K
THE BAUPOST
$3K
MORGAN STANLEY
$2K
DELOITTE TAX LLP
$1K
LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL A M SLADE
$1K
ABINITIO SOFTWARE
$1K
FI INVESTMENT
$1K
HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MEDSTAR SHAH ASSOCIATES
$57K
INTEGRA CONNECT
$33K
THE DASCHLE
$32K
THEGROUP
$32K
MEDSTAR HEALTH
$26K
SUBJECT MATTER
$26K
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
$24K
SHAH ASSOCIATES
$24K
VANTAGEKNIGHT
$23K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$22K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$22K
MEDSTAR SHAH MEDICAL
$22K
PARRAID
$21K
NAI THE MICHAEL COMPANIES
$21K
NAI MICHAEL
$19K
INSIGHT
$18K
SMARTRONIX
$18K
DAVITA
$17K
CREMONA FARM
$17K
INSYLLUS ADVISORS
$17K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Steny H. Hoyer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$16K
Disclosed outside spending
$16K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.05%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
VOTE YES ON QUESTION 2
$15K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$9K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$12
ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
$10
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.
376 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.91M to Steny H. Hoyer across 497 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.91M
Shared contributors
376
Contributions
497
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 249 | 330 | $1.44M |
| 2024 | 152 | 162 | $345K |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 | $127K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Steny H. Hoyer or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER MCCANNELL | Press Secretary, Rep. Paul Kanjorski; Press Secretary, Rep. Steny Hoyer; Chief o… | GRAYROBINSON PA | 15 | 19 | 2023–2025 |
| JEFFREY NANCE | Senate Appropriations Committee: Professional Staff 2003-2021; Rep. Steny Hoyer:… | A1.9 STRATEGIES LLC | 14 | 119 | 2023–2025 |
| GREGORY GILL | Legislative Director, Representative Hoyer, Asst. Staff, House Appropriations Co… | VENABLE LLP | 3 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
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Steny H. Hoyer'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