Chrissy Houlahan
Democrat
· PA-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · Global Human Rights · and International Organizations · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
71.1
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.1
vs 118th (74.2)
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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
6.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,005,552
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$456
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 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
6.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$12,818 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,001 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.01M 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 — $50K.
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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 | 61.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$190,480
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$38,500
Total from all networks
$2,592,621
Networks contributing
442
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Who funds Houlahan
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
85.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.7%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$16K
COMCAST
$16K
MORGAN LEWIS BOCKIUS LLP
$14K
BLACKROCK
$13K
BERKSHIRE
$12K
BLACKROCK
$12K
BLANK ROME LLP
$12K
B LAB
$12K
FISHER BROTHERS
$12K
GREENBLATT PIERCE FUNT FLORES
$12K
MORGAN LEWIS BOCKIUS LLP
$12K
BLACKROCK
$10K
MICROSOFT
$10K
BAIN CAPITAL
$10K
LAUDER
$10K
CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
$9K
SKADDEN ARPS
$9K
COMCAST
$9K
COZEN O CONNER
$9K
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Chrissy Houlahan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$907K
Disclosed outside spending
$886K
Dark-money outside spending
$21K
Share that is dark money
2.34%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$12
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
SHIELD PAC
$1.21M
VOTEVETS
$562K
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$426K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$280K
CASA IN ACTION PAC
$54K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$32K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$23K
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
$22K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$20K
DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PA
$9K
JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL OF AMERICA
$8K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$5K
DMFI PAC
$5K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$4K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$3K
Groups that hide their donors
$12K
2 smaller groups under $500
$434
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.
149 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $452K to Chrissy Houlahan across 252 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$452K
Shared contributors
149
Contributions
252
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57 | 93 | $93K |
| 2024 | 85 | 119 | $256K |
| 2026 | 34 | 40 | $104K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Chrissy Houlahan or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAYLA PRIMES | Senator Jacky Rosen, Legislative Assistant; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Legislative A… | VISA INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Chrissy Houlahan 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