Thomas R. Suozzi
Democrat
· NY-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
81.9
Highly exposed
↑ +8.6
vs 118th (73.3)
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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
10.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,791,807
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10,505,715
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 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
12.3
/ 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
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$7,000 direct · $97,252 outside spending
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$20,047 direct
NORPAC
$50 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M 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 — $92K.
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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 | 66.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 64.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 81.9 | 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
$3,542,898
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.
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$56,000
Total from all networks
$3,555,276
Networks contributing
541
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Who funds Suozzi
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$11,656,787
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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
1.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
21.4%
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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
17
Money that arrived near votes
$51K
Distinct donors
23
Distinct employers
17
Share of their total fundraising
0.68%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GENWORTH FINANCIAL
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
A16Z
$6K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$6K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
SECOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
$3K
VALLEY FORGE INVESTMENT
$3K
ABN AMRO BANK
$2K
CARDINAL INVESTMENT
$2K
CITIZENS BANK
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$100K
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL
$40K
NEW YORK BLOOD AND CANCER SPECIALISTS
$28K
TEITLER TEITLER LLP
$27K
HERCULES PHARMACEUTICALS
$23K
STERLINGRISK INSURANCE
$23K
STERLING EQUITIES
$23K
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL
$21K
BAIN CAPITAL
$20K
CIAMPA MANAGEMENT
$20K
GEHRY
$20K
THE WONDERFUL
$20K
TWO TREES MANAGEMENT
$20K
ALBANESE ORGANIZATION
$19K
HENRY SCHEIN
$19K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$18K
GLENWOOD MASON SUPPLY
$17K
RXR REALTY
$17K
G2D
$16K
RXR REALTY
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas R. Suozzi comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12.19M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.69M
Dark-money outside spending
$2.50M
Share that is dark money
20.48%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$785K
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.65M
SECURE NYS PAC
$2.91M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.24M
NRCC
$1.83M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.80M
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$1.64M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.41M
COMMON SENSE NEW YORK
$784K
WORKERS VOTE
$559K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$500K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$226K
NY COMMON GROUND
$210K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$110K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$99K
DMFI PAC
$97K
Groups that hide their donors
$1.46M
$711K
$250K
$18K
2 smaller groups under $500
$438
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
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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.
339 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $533K to Thomas R. Suozzi across 431 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$533K
Shared contributors
339
Contributions
431
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 16 | $36K |
| 2024 | 161 | 205 | $273K |
| 2026 | 187 | 210 | $224K |
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Thomas R. Suozzi'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