Gabe Amo
Democrat
· RI-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · and Technology · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
63.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +12.9
vs 118th (50.4)
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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
3.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$149,708
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
7.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.3
/ 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
11.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$26,087 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct · $5,600 outside spending
JSTREETPAC
$5,600 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $154.11M 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 — $308K.
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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 | 50.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
Total money from this network
$108,694
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$26,087
Total from all networks
$1,061,607
Networks contributing
246
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Who funds Amo
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
99.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
31
Money that arrived near votes
$71K
Distinct donors
38
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
3.55%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
C B UTILITY
$6K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$3K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BLACKROCK
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
FIDELITY
$3K
DEWEY SQUARE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
C B UTILITY
$15K
CAPITOL CITY
$15K
BLACKSTONE
$15K
CORNISH ASSOCIATES
$13K
CAPITOL COUNSEL
$12K
BALLY S
$11K
HINCKLEY ALLEN
$11K
CAPITOL CITY
$10K
BELLEVUE CAPITAL
$10K
BLUEWATER WIRELESS
$10K
GREYLOCK
$10K
CAPITOL COUNSEL
$10K
DEWEY SQUARE
$8K
DIMEO CONSTRUCTION
$8K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$8K
BCBSRI
$8K
HART ENGINEERING
$8K
CITIZENS BANK
$7K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gabe Amo comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$75K
Disclosed outside spending
$75K
Dark-money outside spending
$170
Share that is dark money
0.23%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$170
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$144K
DMFI PAC
$6K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$170
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$170
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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.
64 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $331K to Gabe Amo across 95 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$331K
Shared contributors
64
Contributions
95
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59 | 78 | $268K |
| 2026 | 14 | 17 | $63K |
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Gabe Amo 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