Michael T. Mccaul
Republican
· TX-10 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Chair) · House Committee on Homeland Security
Influence Score
52.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.5
vs 118th (59.3)
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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
2.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$305,837
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,698
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 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
8.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$25,210 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,393 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.79M 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 — $38K.
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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 | 51.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$88,964
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
2.1%
Amount from this network
$33,110
Total from all networks
$1,595,103
Networks contributing
290
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Who funds Mccaul
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
1.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.5%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS
$272K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$150K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$136K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$95K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$81K
HOMEMAKER
$77K
FOUNDERS FUND
$62K
C C CARLTON INDUSTRIES
$57K
MAGELLAN INVESTMENT
$43K
BERGEN PAIN MANAGEMENT PC
$42K
AXXESS
$37K
SIM-TEX L P
$34K
HOMEMAKER
$33K
C C CARLTON INDUSTRIES
$32K
J J EXPORTS IMPORTS
$30K
C C CARLTON INDUSTRIES
$28K
LEVCOR
$26K
PIER 6 SEAFOOD
$26K
TILSON BUILT
$26K
SELF - W T BYLER
$25K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael T. Mccaul comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$142K
Disclosed outside spending
$104K
Dark-money outside spending
$38K
Share that is dark money
26.50%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$232K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$114K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$100K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$87K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$37K
314 ACTION FUND
$25K
ROSEDALE HUDDLE
$17K
NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$16K
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA ACTION FUND (PIA ACTION FUND)
$15K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$8K
DEFEAT SEDITIONISTS
$8K
INDIVISIBLE AUSTIN
$7K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$5K
CARE ACTION
$1K
TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC
$943
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.
321 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $759K to Michael T. Mccaul across 415 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$759K
Shared contributors
321
Contributions
415
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 95 | 122 | $315K |
| 2024 | 244 | 293 | $444K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Michael T. Mccaul or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER DEL BECCARO | Chief of Staff, Congressman Michael McCaul; Legislative Director, Congressman Da… | ALKI STRATEGIES LLC | 3 | 17 | 2023–2025 |
| KRIS PARKER | Deputy District Director for Congressman Michael McCaul | ARETE PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 2 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| MATTHEW CONNER | District Director for Congressman Michael McCaul and Deputy Regional Director fo… | ARETE PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 2 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| ZACHARY ISAKOWITZ | U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul, Legislative Director and Coalitions Director; U… | SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | 1 | 3 | 2023–2024 |
| ZACHARY ISAKOWITZ | U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul, Legislative Director and Coalitions Director (0… | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
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Michael T. Mccaul 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