Daniel Webster
Republican
· FL-11 · 119th Congress
Public Buildings (Chair) · and Emergency Management (Chair) · and Hazardous Materials (Chair) · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
46.3
Least exposed
↓ -2.4
vs 118th (48.5)
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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
2.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$54,971
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,834
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 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
11.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$16,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.09M 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 — $94K.
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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 | 34.9 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 48.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 48.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 46.1 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$45,000
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
3.1%
Amount from this network
$26,006
Total from all networks
$837,337
Networks contributing
182
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Who funds Webster
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
1.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
24.6%
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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
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.22M
REYES
$9.01M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.01M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$4.60M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Daniel Webster comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SLF PAC
$40K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$13K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
REAL REPUBLICAN REFORM PAC
$8K
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
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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.
40 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $306K to Daniel Webster across 51 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$306K
Shared contributors
40
Contributions
51
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 18 | $122K |
| 2024 | 27 | 28 | $131K |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $53K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Daniel Webster or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL JATIVA | Comms Director, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar; Senior Comms Advisor, House Budget Co… | BRUNSWICK CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Daniel Webster ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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