Maxwell Frost
Democrat
· FL-10 · 119th Congress
Energy Policy (Chair) · and Regulatory Affairs (Chair) · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
55.4
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.5
vs 118th (56.0)
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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
2.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,482,058
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
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.8
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $24.86M 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 — $50K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 56.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 55.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Total money from this network
$224,492
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
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
5.0%
Amount from this network
$39,000
Total from all networks
$781,711
Networks contributing
152
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Who funds Frost
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,956,259
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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
1.4%
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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.15%
Biggest clusters of timed money
THE HEALTH LAW FIRM
$2K
GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
$1K
KING SPALDING LLP
$1K
THE CORMAC LLP
$500
JONES DAY
$250
TUCKER LLP
$250
HERRING IRWIN LLP
$100
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
$100
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$50
THOMPSON COBURN LLP
$35
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FTX
$28.05M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.39M
USPS
$1.34M
FORD MOTOR
$1.21M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
RIPPLE
$1.00M
GENERAL MOTORS
$907K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
USPS
$877K
UNITED AIRLINES
$866K
WALMART
$720K
HOLLAND KNIGHT
$666K
FORD MOTOR
$633K
AFSCME INT L
$590K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
DELTA AIR LINES
$535K
STATE ELECTRIC SECTOR ADVOCACY
$475K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maxwell Frost comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$963K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$399K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$55K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$33K
MEDICARE FOR ALL
$28K
UNITED FOR PROGRESS PAC
$3K
FLORIDA FREEDOM PAC
$837
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$203
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
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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.
85 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $732K to Maxwell Frost across 161 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$732K
Shared contributors
85
Contributions
161
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 32 | $131K |
| 2024 | 54 | 85 | $407K |
| 2026 | 32 | 44 | $193K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Maxwell Frost or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASKIA SURUMA | Chief of Staff, Rep. Marc Veasey (2017-2021); Deputy Staff Director, Ways and Me… | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
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Maxwell Frost 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