Virginia Foxx
Republican
· NC-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor (Chair) · House Committee on Rules (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Influence Score
52.1
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.6
vs 118th (59.7)
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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
3.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,831
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$181,730
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
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.9
/ 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
12.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,904 direct
NORPAC
$13,800 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$8,814 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.
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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 | 44.9 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$28,500
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
1.4%
Amount from this network
$28,500
Total from all networks
$1,983,339
Networks contributing
325
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Who funds Foxx
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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
51.0%
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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
$23K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
1.54%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MIAMI REGIONAL UNIVERSITY
$4K
KEISER UNIVERSITY
$2K
SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE
$2K
BERKLEY COLLEGE
$2K
MONROE COLLEGE
$2K
FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE
$2K
LIM COLLEGE
$2K
LIM COLLEGE
$2K
THE COLLEGE OF WESTCHESTER
$2K
KAYSER REDFERN LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$54K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$27K
HOUSEWIFE
$22K
HOUSEWIFE
$20K
HOMEMAKER
$18K
APOLLO
$16K
BOB BARKER
$16K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
AFFINITY LIVING
$14K
PAGE INTERWORKS PA
$14K
HOUSEWIFE
$14K
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
$14K
HOMEMAKER
$11K
PAGE INTERWORKS PA
$10K
PAGE INTERWORKS PA
$10K
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE
$10K
BOTTOMLEY EVERGREENS FARMS
$10K
MAXWELL
$10K
MARWOOD
$9K
MONROE COLLEGE
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Virginia Foxx comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$96K
Disclosed outside spending
$5K
Dark-money outside spending
$91K
Share that is dark money
94.84%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
REBUILD USA PAC
$182K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$11K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$9K
FAITH FAMILY FREEDOM FUND
$5K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
$352
Groups that hide their donors
$91K
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.
REBUILD USA
$231K
BRICKLAYERS ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS POLITICAL EDUCATION FUND
$150K
BOILERMAKER BLACKSMITHS LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION ACTION PROGRAM CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND
$30K
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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.
21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $362K to Virginia Foxx across 24 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$362K
Shared contributors
21
Contributions
24
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | $231K |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $4K |
| 2026 | 17 | 18 | $127K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Virginia Foxx or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKASH CHOUGULE | Professional Staff Member, US House of Representatives Committee on Education an… | AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| EMILY LYNCH | Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Co… | ORIGIN ADVOCACY LLC | 1 | 5 | 2023–2024 |
| CURTIS RHYNE | Rep. Virginia Foxx (2008-2009), House Republican Study Committee (2009-2014), Re… | ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | 1 | 5 | 2024–2025 |
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Virginia Foxx 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