Summer L. Lee
Democrat
· PA-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Influence Score
51.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.7
vs 118th (50.5)
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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
3.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,528,130
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,282,969
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.6
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 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
1.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$890 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.08M 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 — $40K.
Israel-policy PAC money spent against this member: $3.26M
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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 | 50.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Total money from this network
$1,485,102
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
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Share from this one network
5.9%
Amount from this network
$51,334
Total from all networks
$867,498
Networks contributing
157
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Who funds Lee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$8,081,439
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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
78.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
43.2%
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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
15
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
25
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
1.34%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LAW OFFICES OF MAZHER M SHAH-KHAN PC
$5K
POMERANTZ LLP
$5K
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$3K
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
$2K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$2K
ARNOLD PORTER LLP
$2K
LATHAM WATKINS LLP
$1K
CHADBOURNE PARKE LLP
$1K
CHADBOURNE PARKE LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UPMC
$31K
MPI
$12K
HOMEMAKER
$11K
UPMC
$11K
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$11K
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$11K
ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH
$10K
JREI
$10K
APPLE
$9K
CHAUDHRY PULMONARY ASSOCIATES
$9K
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
$9K
ORACLE
$8K
HIMS HERS HEALTH
$8K
RIVERSIDE
$8K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$8K
PUMNONARY ASSOCIATES
$7K
RSTUDIO PBC
$7K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$7K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$7K
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Summer L. Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.59M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.48M
Dark-money outside spending
$108K
Share that is dark money
1.64%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$65K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$3.26M
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$2.99M
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$2.57M
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$447K
EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$200K
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION
$198K
PENNSYLVANIA UNITED
$144K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$138K
SUNRISE PAC
$138K
SOLIDARITY VICTORY PAC
$137K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$130K
PA UNITED FEDERAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$108K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$69K
WOMEN VOTE
$67K
MEDICARE FOR ALL
$50K
Groups that hide their donors
$65K
$39K
2 smaller groups under $500
$858
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.
59 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $70K to Summer L. Lee across 130 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$70K
Shared contributors
59
Contributions
130
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45 | 75 | $35K |
| 2024 | 25 | 48 | $33K |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | $3K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Summer L. Lee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D- CA-43) // Legislati… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 38 | 323 | 2023–2025 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP | 6 | 30 | 2023–2024 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | LEGO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) // Legislativ… | NETAPP, INC | 1 | 2 | 2024–2024 |
| COLE LACROIX | Legislative/policy staffer to Senator Lee | LACROIX ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE | 1 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
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Summer L. Lee 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