C. Scott Franklin
Republican
· FL-18 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · and Technology
Influence Score
67.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.7
vs 118th (60.4)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,453,701
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$611,132
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 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
9.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $159.56M 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 — $319K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$27,500
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.
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$27,500
Total from all networks
$1,083,639
Networks contributing
200
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Who funds Franklin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,117,548
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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
3.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$7K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
1.11%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CWI LOGISTICS
$3K
BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
$2K
LAW OFF OF ELLYN BANK PC
$1K
SHERMAN IP LLP
$1K
GLADES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$250
CIGNA
$25
CIGNA
$25
CIGNA
$25
CIGNA
$25
CIGNA
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.04M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.01M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.90M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against C. Scott Franklin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$14K
Disclosed outside spending
$1K
Dark-money outside spending
$13K
Share that is dark money
91.94%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$420K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$215K
SLF PAC
$166K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$115K
CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
$91K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$73K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$50K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$8K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
WORKING AMERICA
$6K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
KEEP FLORIDA RED
$4K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$100
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
50 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $373K to C. Scott Franklin across 63 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$373K
Shared contributors
50
Contributions
63
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 15 | $198K |
| 2024 | 44 | 46 | $174K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $2K |
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C. Scott Franklin 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