Susie Lee
Democrat
· NV-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
81.6
Highly exposed
↑ +5.8
vs 118th (75.8)
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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
11.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,064,420
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,966,587
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
9.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $146.24M 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 — $292K.
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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 | 71.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 65.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 75.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 81.6 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$1,808,760
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
$57,500
Total from all networks
$3,258,311
Networks contributing
500
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Who funds Lee
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
10.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
3.5%
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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
47
Money that arrived near votes
$128K
Distinct donors
57
Distinct employers
36
Share of their total fundraising
2.92%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
KLEINER PERKINS
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
TWILIO
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BAILEY KENNEDY LLP
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
EO SOLUTIONS
$33K
EO SOLUTIONS
$30K
CONSULTANT
$17K
WYNN RESORTS
$16K
NO EMPLOYER
$14K
TOP RANK
$14K
LS POWER DEVELOPMENT
$14K
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT
$13K
LS POWER DEVELOPMENT
$13K
Q PRIME
$13K
WYNN RESORTS
$12K
CHARLES LYNN SCHUSTERMAN PHIL
$12K
JREI
$12K
LAUDER
$12K
TOP RANK
$12K
TWILIO
$12K
BERKSHIRE
$12K
GREENBERG TRAURIG
$11K
GOOGLE
$11K
UCSF
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Susie Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.73M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.28M
Dark-money outside spending
$454K
Share that is dark money
4.66%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$231K
Groups hiding their donors
11
By funding network
SLF PAC
$13.56M
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$3.36M
SHIELD PAC
$1.23M
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
$980K
ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY
$932K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$399K
WE VOTE WE WIN
$397K
CLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND
$385K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$250K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$235K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$211K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$201K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$150K
UNITED WE CAN
$120K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$95K
Groups that hide their donors
$127K
$47K
$28K
$13K
$10K
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.
EVA K GROVE
$420K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$409K
PROTECTING CHOICE IN CALIFORNIA A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA
$165K
QUINN DELANEY
$150K
SHANNON HUNT-SCOTT
$150K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$148K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$131K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$130K
TERRY FURGERSON
$112K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$107K
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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.
443 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $787K to Susie Lee across 638 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$787K
Shared contributors
443
Contributions
638
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 88 | $95K |
| 2024 | 199 | 259 | $345K |
| 2026 | 243 | 291 | $347K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Susie 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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Susie Lee'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