Ami Bera
Democrat
· CA-6 · 119th Congress
the Pacific (Chair) · Central Asia (Chair) · and Nonproliferation (Chair) · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · and Global Human Rights · and the Environment · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
60.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.7
vs 118th (69.0)
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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
5.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$330,645
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
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 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
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,600 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.79M 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 — $38K.
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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 | 61.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$75,000
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
3.7%
Amount from this network
$75,000
Total from all networks
$2,049,980
Networks contributing
282
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Who funds Bera
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
2.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
86.6%
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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
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.64M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.38M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.03M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.03M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ami Bera comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$330K
Disclosed outside spending
$330K
Dark-money outside spending
$62
Share that is dark money
0.02%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$54
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$220K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$108K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$10K
CARE ACTION
$8K
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL PAC DBA BREAST CANCER HEALTH COUNCIL PAC
$7K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$771
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$530
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEVADA ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES PAC (NAPPA PAC)
$120
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
LCV VICTORY FUND
$54
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$6
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$62
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.
119 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $665K to Ami Bera across 359 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$665K
Shared contributors
119
Contributions
359
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87 | 268 | $302K |
| 2024 | 60 | 80 | $278K |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 | $85K |
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Ami Bera 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