Charles E. Schumer
Democrat
· NY Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Minority Leader · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
83.2
Highly exposed
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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
9.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,000,810
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$144,487
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
15.0
/ 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
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.7
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $6.22M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $12K.
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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 | 55.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.8 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 40.4 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 83.2 | Highly 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
$26,250
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
NORPAC
Share from this one network
3.1%
Amount from this network
$102,954
Total from all networks
$3,280,328
Networks contributing
609
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Who funds Schumer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,575,345
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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
1.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Extra weight for leadership role
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
Biggest clusters of timed money
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
BOEING
$10
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLACKSTONE
$234K
NEXTERA ENERGY
$196K
NEWMARK
$154K
CORNING
$140K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$132K
GOOGLE
$129K
KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS L P
$125K
SULLIVAN CROMWELL LLP
$115K
AMERICAN EXPRESS
$115K
MICROSOFT
$112K
UNITEDHEALTH
$105K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$100K
APPLE
$99K
LAZARD
$99K
BLACKROCK
$98K
CENTENE
$95K
UNITED AIRLINES
$93K
NYU LANGONE HEALTH
$88K
NEUBERGER BERMAN
$87K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$86K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Charles E. Schumer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PA LAWYER FUND
$1.00M
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$73K
FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM ACTION, INC.
$71K
THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$800
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$302
ELECT REPUBLICANS
$171
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
338 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $6.16M to Charles E. Schumer across 630 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$6.16M
Shared contributors
338
Contributions
630
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 333 | 502 | $6.15M |
| 2024 | 7 | 82 | $9K |
| 2026 | 2 | 46 | $3K |
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Charles E. Schumer's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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