Grace Meng
Democrat
· NY-6 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · Department of State · and Related Programs · Foreign Operations · House Committee on Ethics
Influence Score
65.3
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.7
vs 118th (72.0)
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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
4.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$19,239
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.9
/ 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
12.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 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
10.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$37,622 direct
NORPAC
$8,195 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
CITYPAC
$500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $156.60M 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 — $313K.
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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 | 74.7 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 72.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC
Total money from this network
$39,000
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
2.9%
Amount from this network
$41,822
Total from all networks
$1,419,539
Networks contributing
209
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Who funds Meng
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
8.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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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
27
Money that arrived near votes
$51K
Distinct donors
32
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
2.38%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$3K
AIGEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$3K
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$3K
FREEPOINT SOLAR
$3K
MORGAN STANLEY
$3K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
WACHTELL LIPTON ROSEN KATZ
$3K
ATTORNEY
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ELLIOTT
$24K
HENRY SCHEIN
$14K
ALLURE HOME CREATION
$13K
UNION PLAZA
$10K
CAPITAL
$10K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$10K
NY FIRETECH
$9K
PEC
$9K
INNOVET
$8K
WAC LIGHTING
$8K
CORDISH
$7K
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
$7K
SCHONFELD STRATEGIC ADVISORS
$7K
SESSA CAPITAL
$7K
STANLEY HO FAMILY
$7K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$7K
WSGR
$7K
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL
$7K
CORDISH COMPANIES
$7K
CRYSTAL WINDOW DOOR SYSTEMS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Grace Meng comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.08%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
COMMON SENSE NEW YORKERS INC.
$19K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$4K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
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.
585 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.72M to Grace Meng across 689 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.72M
Shared contributors
585
Contributions
689
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 102 | 113 | $360K |
| 2024 | 432 | 465 | $934K |
| 2026 | 102 | 111 | $425K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Grace Meng or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHANIE CHEUNG | February 2021-May 2021: Intern, Office of Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY-06) | SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS | 16 | 74 | 2023–2025 |
| KAITLYN BROWN | Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY-06) from 2015 to 2018. | NESTLE USA | 1 | 4 | 2023–2023 |
| JUSTIN OSWALD | Special Assistant to the President and Legislative Affairs Liaison (2021-2024), … | OPENAI OPCO, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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Grace Meng 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