James E. Clyburn
Democrat
· SC-6 · 119th Congress
Housing and Urban Development (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations
Influence Score
72.4
Highly exposed
↓ -2.5
vs 118th (74.9)
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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
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$31
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
3.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.7
/ 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
13.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.8
/ 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
8.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$8,500 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $146.46M 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 — $293K.
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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 | 58.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.9 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.4 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$142,000
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$71,000
Total from all networks
$3,861,454
Networks contributing
481
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Who funds Clyburn
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
93.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
57.9%
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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
13
Money that arrived near votes
$19K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
1.36%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
BAILEY LAW FIRM
$2K
TRUIST
$2K
ALSTON AND BIRD LLP
$1K
BUSINESS BUYERS UNIVERSITY
$1K
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$1K
HAWKINS INVESTMENT
$1K
HODGSON ROSS LLP
$1K
NCTA - THE INTERNET TELEVISION ASSOC
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
THEGROUP
$17K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$12K
NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS
$12K
RICELAND HEALTHCARE
$10K
ALG SENIOR
$8K
CROWNE
$8K
CAROLINE COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
$7K
MLP
$7K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$7K
EVERGREEN MONEY
$7K
PIVOTAL VENTURES
$7K
CAPITOL COUNSEL
$6K
THE MADISON
$6K
MICROSOFT
$6K
360 CLINIC PLLC
$6K
AME CHURCH
$6K
ANASTOPOULO LAW FIRM
$6K
APELLA HEALTH
$6K
ARIEL CAPITAL
$6K
BLACK STAR INVESTMENTS
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against James E. Clyburn comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.14%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$12
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.
111 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $649K to James E. Clyburn across 132 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$649K
Shared contributors
111
Contributions
132
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 98 | 112 | $182K |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 | $237K |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 | $230K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for James E. Clyburn or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRISTIE JOHNSON | Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter DeFazio; Communications Director, Rep. Jim Clyburn; P… | NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION, INC. | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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James E. Clyburn'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