Joseph D. Morelle
Democrat
· NY-25 · 119th Congress
House Committee on House Administration (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Rules · House Committee on the Budget · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
69.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +4.2
vs 118th (65.5)
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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
10.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$64,388
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$15,550
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.3
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$29,520 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $140.65M 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 — $281K.
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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 | 64.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 54.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.7 | 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
$85,500
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.
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$57,000
Total from all networks
$3,040,311
Networks contributing
395
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Who funds Morelle
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,968,048
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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
92.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
20.0%
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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
26
Money that arrived near votes
$39K
Distinct donors
29
Distinct employers
15
Share of their total fundraising
2.75%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
ATTORNEY
$2K
GIBSON DUNN
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$2K
BLACKSTONE
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$2K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$2K
BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD LLP
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$36K
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES
$35K
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$25K
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$24K
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH
$22K
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES
$21K
OSTROFF ASSOCIATES
$19K
CONSTELLATION BRANDS
$18K
LECHASE CONSTRUCTION
$16K
BLACKSTONE
$14K
OSTROFF ASSOCIATES
$13K
NAVITAR
$13K
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH
$12K
CONSTELLATION BRANDS
$12K
EOPTIC
$12K
CONSTELLATION BRANDS
$10K
WILMORITE CONSTRUCTION
$10K
CHRISTA CONSTRUCTION
$10K
POPLI DESIGN
$10K
GALLINA DEVELOPMENT
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Joseph D. Morelle comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$69K
Disclosed outside spending
$37K
Dark-money outside spending
$32K
Share that is dark money
46.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ACTION FUND
$64K
SLF PAC
$16K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$9
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.
114 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $176K to Joseph D. Morelle across 149 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$176K
Shared contributors
114
Contributions
149
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36 | 41 | $42K |
| 2024 | 59 | 69 | $75K |
| 2026 | 34 | 39 | $59K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Joseph D. Morelle or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH STANLEY | Part time employee, Congressman Joe Morelle (2021); Chief of Staff, Congresswoma… | RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC | 32 | 305 | 2023–2025 |
| ABBIE SORRENDINO | Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Joe Morelle | PUBLIC STRATEGIES WASHINGTON, INC. | 14 | 118 | 2023–2025 |
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Joseph D. Morelle 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