Michael Lawler
Republican
· NY-17 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
78.5
Highly exposed
↑ +18.2
vs 118th (59.5)
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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
9.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,412,394
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,126,195
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.5
/ 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
8.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$73,174 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$17,500 direct
NORPAC
$17,100 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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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 | 59.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 77.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$9,482,672
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$73,174
Total from all networks
$4,122,969
Networks contributing
647
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Who funds Lawler
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
5.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
6.6%
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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
71
Money that arrived near votes
$226K
Distinct donors
93
Distinct employers
50
Share of their total fundraising
2.89%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$10K
AMERICAN EXPRESS
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
BENTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
G2 INVESTMENT
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$238.53M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$17.07M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.54M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.65M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.34M
REYES
$9.16M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
HOMEMAKER
$6.55M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
HOMEMAKER
$5.47M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael Lawler comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$15.56M
Disclosed outside spending
$15.33M
Dark-money outside spending
$232K
Share that is dark money
1.49%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$223K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$4.85M
VOTEVETS
$3.63M
DCCC
$2.04M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.50M
AMERICA PAC
$938K
GIFFORDS PAC
$830K
SLF PAC
$527K
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
$400K
OUR HUDSON PAC
$378K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$220K
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$128K
POLE POSITION PAC
$33K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$22K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$13K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$8K
Groups that hide their donors
$220K
$8K
2 smaller groups under $500
$511
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
693 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.82M to Michael Lawler across 1,073 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.82M
Shared contributors
693
Contributions
1,073
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 44 | $208K |
| 2024 | 382 | 530 | $1.70M |
| 2026 | 379 | 499 | $1.91M |
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Michael Lawler'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