Joe Neguse
Democrat
· CO-2 · 119th Congress
and Public Lands (Chair) · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Rules · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
65.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.7
vs 118th (69.4)
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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
4.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,040
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
5.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
13.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 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
10.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$30,195 direct
JSTREETPAC
$3,950 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.31M 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 — $63K.
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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 | 64.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 69.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.4 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$33,500
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
1.6%
Amount from this network
$34,395
Total from all networks
$2,196,820
Networks contributing
339
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Who funds Neguse
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
0.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.9%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$6K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.22%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BUTLER SNOW LLP
$2K
ARNOLD PORTER
$1K
BERG HILL GREENLEAF RUSCITTI LLP
$1K
GIBSON DUNN
$1K
AIRBNB
$800
SNELL WILMER LLP
$750
GIBSON DUNN AND CRUTCHER
$500
HOGAN LOVELLS
$500
HOGAN LOVELLS
$500
LAW OFFICES OF KEITH J COHEN ESQUIRE
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$32K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$25K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$20K
HOLLAND HART
$18K
HOLLAND HART LLP
$18K
DISH NETWORK
$17K
FOUNDRY
$16K
HOLLAND HART
$15K
ELEVATIONS CREDIT UNION
$15K
DEVIL S THUMB RANCH
$13K
DISH NETWORK
$13K
DAVITA
$13K
HOLLAND HART LLP
$13K
FOUNDRY
$12K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$12K
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$12K
FOUNDRY
$12K
FRANKLIN D AZAR ASSOCIATES
$12K
FIBERLOK
$12K
BERKSHIRE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Joe Neguse comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$18
Share that is dark money
0.32%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$10
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$14K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$2K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$870
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$697
DEMOCRACY PAC
$531
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$451
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
LCV VICTORY FUND
$10
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$18
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.
284 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.16M to Joe Neguse across 559 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.16M
Shared contributors
284
Contributions
559
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 80 | 143 | $589K |
| 2024 | 141 | 241 | $1.26M |
| 2026 | 128 | 175 | $312K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Joe Neguse or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIYA PATEL | Legislative Assistant, Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) // Legislative Counsel, Rep. Jo… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 22 | 201 | 2023–2025 |
| LISA BIANCO | Director of Member Services, The United States House Select Committee to Investi… | PERRY, WHITE, ROSS & JACOBSON, LLC | 12 | 70 | 2023–2025 |
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Joe Neguse 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