Lisa C. Mcclain
Republican
· MI-9 · 119th Congress
House Republican Conf Chair · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions
Influence Score
73.4
Highly exposed
↑ +9.7
vs 118th (63.5)
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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
7.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,097
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
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.7
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.3
/ 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
13.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.68M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $37K.
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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 | 59.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.2 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$46,500
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.
Network
ITC HOLDINGS CORP. PAC (ITC PAC)
Share from this one network
1.5%
Amount from this network
$39,500
Total from all networks
$2,640,997
Networks contributing
416
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Who funds Mcclain
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,356,472
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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
3.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Extra weight for leadership role
1.25×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
45.8%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$12K
Distinct donors
9
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
0.55%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
BANK OF AMERICA
$2K
HANTZ FINANCIAL SERVICES
$2K
BANK OF AMERICA
$2K
BANK OF AMERICA
$1K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY
$1K
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY
$500
VANGUARD
$500
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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
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.04M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lisa C. Mcclain comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$801K
U.S. FUTURE FUND
$64K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$54K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD FEDERAL PAC
$4K
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND
$2K
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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.
158 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.39M to Lisa C. Mcclain across 278 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.39M
Shared contributors
158
Contributions
278
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 13 | $17K |
| 2024 | 44 | 90 | $125K |
| 2026 | 120 | 175 | $2.25M |
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Lisa C. Mcclain'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