Valerie P. Foushee
Democrat
· NC-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
62.9
Moderately exposed
↑ +4.9
vs 118th (58.0)
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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
3.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,515,177
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$473,800
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.0
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.85M 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 — $70K.
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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 | 58.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$2,105,214
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
DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC
Share from this one network
56.4%
Amount from this network
$3,234,317
Total from all networks
$5,738,965
Networks contributing
239
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Who funds Foushee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$10,033,446
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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
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
NVIDIA
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ANTHROPIC
$14K
DUKE UNIVERSITY
$11K
DUKE UNIVERSITY
$10K
XYZ VENTURE CAPITAL
$7K
NEXUS STRATEGIES
$6K
CLINISTART
$6K
KUHN ADVISORS
$6K
TASTY BRANDS
$6K
THIRD POINT
$6K
IRELAND FAMILY
$6K
CROWNE
$5K
IRELAND FAMILY
$5K
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
$4K
UNC CHAPEL HILL
$4K
DUKE UNIVERSITY
$4K
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
$4K
FCR
$4K
MANNING ASSOCIATES PLLC
$4K
MARKETING ASSOCIATES
$4K
MATCHMASTER
$4K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Valerie P. Foushee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4.08M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.07M
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
0.04%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC
$3.23M
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$2.11M
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$2.08M
ARTICLE ONE PAC
$1.20M
DMFI PAC
$580K
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$437K
PROGRESSIVE PROMISE
$300K
CITIZENS AGAINST AIPAC CORRUPTION
$37K
ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA
$11K
NCAAT IN ACTION
$3K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$1K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
Groups that hide their donors
$2K
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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.
327 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $553K to Valerie P. Foushee across 386 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$553K
Shared contributors
327
Contributions
386
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 319 | 354 | $362K |
| 2024 | 11 | 25 | $182K |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 | $8K |
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Valerie P. Foushee 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