Bill Huizenga
Republican
· MI-4 · 119th Congress
and Capital Markets (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Community Development · and Insurance · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
80.0
Highly exposed
↑ +5.1
vs 118th (74.8)
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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
11.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$211,519
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
4.2
/ 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
6.0
/ 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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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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 | 44.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 79.9 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$175,000
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$87,500
Total from all networks
$4,351,020
Networks contributing
448
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Who funds Huizenga
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
7.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.1%
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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
37
Money that arrived near votes
$113K
Distinct donors
49
Distinct employers
25
Share of their total fundraising
5.53%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
RDV
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
THE BLACKSTONE
$7K
VIRTU FINANCIAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.01M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
HOMEMAKER
$5.27M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.00M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$4.60M
MOUNTAIRE
$4.52M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$4.51M
PATHWAYS ORG
$4.50M
EY
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
STEPHENS
$2.80M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bill Huizenga comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$107K
MICHIGAN CONSERVATIVE ACTION
$65K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$26K
PATRIOTS FUND
$9K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND
$2K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
PARTY_C00041160
$572
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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.
17 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.14M to Bill Huizenga across 42 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.14M
Shared contributors
17
Contributions
42
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $267K |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | $200K |
| 2026 | 9 | 23 | $675K |
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Bill Huizenga'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