Shri Thanedar
Democrat
· MI-13 · 119th Congress
and Accountability (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · House Committee on Homeland Security
Influence Score
44.7
Least exposed
↑ +3.8
vs 118th (41.0)
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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
1.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,013,179
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,188,282
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.4
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
7.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.0
/ 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
6.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$27,997 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $11.15M 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 — $22K.
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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 | 41.0 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 44.8 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$2,259,270
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
6.7%
Amount from this network
$27,997
Total from all networks
$416,197
Networks contributing
105
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Who funds Thanedar
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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.75M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
GOOGLE
$1.48M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.30M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
PFIZER
$1.05M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.05M
SABAN CAPITAL
$1.02M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.00M
HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL
$1.00M
THE MARCUS
$1.00M
UNITED AIRLINES
$993K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Shri Thanedar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$1.43M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.01M
VOTEVETS
$760K
SUPERMAJORITY PAC
$3K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
330 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $502K to Shri Thanedar across 376 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$502K
Shared contributors
330
Contributions
376
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | $6K |
| 2024 | 314 | 347 | $468K |
| 2026 | 20 | 23 | $28K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Shri Thanedar or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL SNIDER | Legislative Assistant for Representative Shri Thanedar | DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC | 6 | 9 | 2025–2025 |
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Shri Thanedar 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