W. Gregory Steube
Republican
· FL-17 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · and Global Human Rights · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
56.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.2
vs 118th (60.0)
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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
3.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,739
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
8.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.4
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
1.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,506 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$26 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $52.03M 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 — $104K.
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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 | 62.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 35.2 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 56.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$50,250
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$33,500
Total from all networks
$1,633,867
Networks contributing
331
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Who funds Steube
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$670,405
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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
98.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$29K
Distinct donors
17
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
2.82%
Biggest clusters of timed money
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$3K
ALLIANCE FINANCIAL
$2K
GOLD COAST FINANCIAL
$2K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$1K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$1K
VITAS HEALTHCARE
$1K
DESOTO ANIMAL CLINIC
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$14K
CARNIVAL
$12K
NEXTONE
$11K
FLORIDA CRYSTALS
$10K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
CHENEY BROTHERS
$8K
BGR
$8K
PRESTON GUILIANO CAPITAL
$8K
BALLARD
$8K
ADVOCATE HEALTH ADVISORS
$7K
AVALON RISK MGMT
$7K
DOUGLAS JEEP
$7K
PALMER RANCH HOLDING
$7K
PRESTON GIULIANO CAPITLAL
$7K
TROYER BROTHERS
$7K
PGT INNOVATIONS
$7K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$7K
PGT INNOVATIONS
$7K
ADVOCATE
$7K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against W. Gregory Steube comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$991K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$446K
CLA, INC.
$400K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$374K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$497
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC
$102
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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.
48 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $94K to W. Gregory Steube across 63 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$94K
Shared contributors
48
Contributions
63
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 27 | $30K |
| 2024 | 17 | 19 | $30K |
| 2026 | 13 | 17 | $34K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for W. Gregory Steube or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RACHEL HARRIS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Debbie Lesko (9/2021-12/2024); Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. … | INVENERGY LLC | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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W. Gregory Steube 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