Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
· WA-7 · 119th Congress
and Enforcement (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
62.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.0
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
4.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$12,078
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
7.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$7,750 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $152.53M 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 — $305K.
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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 | 67.7 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 69.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$75,000
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
5.3%
Amount from this network
$50,000
Total from all networks
$950,827
Networks contributing
102
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Who funds Jayapal
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$784,512
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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
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
69.1%
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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
15
Money that arrived near votes
$32K
Distinct donors
17
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
1.68%
Biggest clusters of timed money
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT
$7K
VALVE SOFTWARE
$6K
BERMAN AND TODDERUD LLP
$3K
MICROSOFT
$3K
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
$2K
GOOGLE
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
$1K
ADAMS FINANCIAL CONCEPTS
$1K
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORA
$1K
ELLA FINANCIAL ADVISING
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MICROSOFT
$23K
MICROSOFT
$21K
VALVE
$17K
OASD
$14K
THE COMMERCE
$14K
BAD ROBOT
$13K
THE COMMERCE
$13K
VALVE SOFTWARE
$13K
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
$13K
TENANTS TOGETHER
$12K
THE COMMERCE
$12K
BERGMAN DRAPER OSLUND
$11K
JORDAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
$10K
SECOND AVENUE
$10K
THE NICK AND LESLIE HANAUER
$10K
VALVE
$10K
BURKE MUSEUM
$10K
ADITI
$9K
WASHINGTON WOMEN S
$9K
BURKE MUSEUM
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Pramila Jayapal comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9K
Disclosed outside spending
$8K
Dark-money outside spending
$810
Share that is dark money
8.95%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$802
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$4K
FUSE WASHINGTON
$2K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$532
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$167
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
LCV VICTORY FUND
$25
Groups that hide their donors
4 smaller groups under $500
$810
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
EVE SANDBERG
$2K
LAUREN KEENAN
$2K
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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.
18 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $42K to Pramila Jayapal across 57 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$42K
Shared contributors
18
Contributions
57
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 26 | $22K |
| 2024 | 12 | 27 | $18K |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Pramila Jayapal or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEN NERALLA | Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Andy Levin; Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Pramila J… | FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC | 24 | 255 | 2023–2025 |
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Pramila Jayapal 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