Frank Pallone
Democrat
· NJ-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Chair)
Influence Score
70.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.1
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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$293
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
6.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.6
/ 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
12.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$33,200 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,997 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $43.05M 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 — $86K.
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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 | 65.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 70.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$107,000
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.
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$53,500
Total from all networks
$5,126,343
Networks contributing
538
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Who funds Pallone
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
91.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.5%
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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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$25K
Distinct donors
17
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
1.30%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$7K
SOLAR LANDSCAPE
$7K
APPLE
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
BARTLEY HEALTHCARE
$2K
APPLE
$1K
DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES
$1K
MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER
$1K
PHARMA BIOPHARMA OUTSOURCING ASSOCIA
$510
PHARMA BIOPHARMA OUTSOURCING ASSOCIA
$510
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COX
$28K
DISH NETWORK
$25K
ANTHROPIC PBC
$21K
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS
$17K
CAPITOL COUNSEL
$16K
JOHNSON JOHNSON
$16K
RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$15K
CME ASSOCIATES
$14K
COMCAST
$14K
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL
$14K
PULSE VASCULAR
$14K
DISH NETWORK
$13K
SAKER SHOPRITES
$13K
LEON MEDICAL CENTERS HEALTH PLANS
$12K
SAKER SHOPRITES
$12K
CAPITOL COUNSEL
$11K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$11K
SUBJECT MATTER
$11K
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL
$10K
SOLAR LANDSCAPE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Frank Pallone comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.08%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
$12K
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$290
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
Groups that hide their donors
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.
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.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $77K to Frank Pallone across 72 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$77K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
72
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | $19K |
| 2024 | 27 | 30 | $38K |
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | $21K |
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Revolving Door
7 former staff members
who worked for Frank Pallone or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH ORLANDO | Jr. Prof. Staff Member, Sr. Policy Analyst-H. Energy and Commerce Committee Inno… | AVOQ, LLC | 23 | 23 | 2024–2025 |
| JEFFREY CARROLL | Staff Director House Energy and Commerce Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. Frank P… | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 22 | 23 | 2023–2025 |
| TIMOTHY YEHL | Congressman Frank Pallone | HART HEALTH STRATEGIES | 11 | 123 | 2023–2025 |
| STEPHEN HOLLAND | Senior Health Counsel, Health Counsel - House Energy and Commerce Committee (Rep… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 7 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
| STEPHEN HOLLAND | Senior Health Counsel, Health Counsel - House Energy and Commerce Committee (Rep… | CROWELL & MORING LLP | 5 | 5 | 2024–2025 |
| TIMOTHY YEHL | Chief of Staff, Rep. Frank Pallone | TIM YEHL, LLC | 2 | 24 | 2023–2025 |
| JESSICA MARTINEZ | Ex. Director, U.S. Joint Economic Committee, Sen. Heinrich; Deputy Chief of Staf… | BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION | 1 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
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Frank Pallone 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