Pat Fallon
Republican
· TX-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
45.2
Least exposed
↑ +0.1
vs 118th (45.1)
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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
1.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,605
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$18
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.6
/ 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
10.2
/ 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
8.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$17,504 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$6 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $35.67M 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 — $71K.
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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 | 37.2 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 45.1 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 45.2 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$24,000
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.
Network
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC
Share from this one network
2.9%
Amount from this network
$24,500
Total from all networks
$834,964
Networks contributing
180
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Who funds Fallon
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$286,271
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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
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
BALLMER
$5.00M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.34M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
HARRIS
$2.32M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.04M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.59M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
CHARTER
$1.41M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Pat Fallon comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3K
Disclosed outside spending
$3K
Dark-money outside spending
$18
Share that is dark money
0.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$18
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$11K
COMMITTEE FOR DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES
$2K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$594
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$18
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$18
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
CECILIA G BOONE
$45K
GARRETT BOONE
$45K
DAGMAR DOLBY
$30K
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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.
24 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $95K to Pat Fallon across 41 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$95K
Shared contributors
24
Contributions
41
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 12 | $59K |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | $1K |
| 2026 | 15 | 28 | $35K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Pat Fallon or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAUN TAYLOR | Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Pat Fallon | THE VOGEL GROUP | 9 | 39 | 2024–2025 |
| SHAUN TAYLOR | Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Pat Fallon | FIREARMS POLICY COALITION, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| SHAUN TAYLOR | Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) | THE AI POLICY NETWORK INC. | 1 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
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Pat Fallon 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