Max L. Miller
Republican
· OH-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
68.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +10.3
vs 118th (58.2)
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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
3.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$469,138
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$30,147
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.0
/ 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
9.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$22,411 direct
NORPAC
$14,900 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,504 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $58.38M 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 — $117K.
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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 | 58.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$56,724
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
MAX MILLER VICTORY
Share from this one network
8.0%
Amount from this network
$112,568
Total from all networks
$1,403,877
Networks contributing
324
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Who funds Miller
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,052,180
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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
98.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
88.3%
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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
27
Money that arrived near votes
$88K
Distinct donors
40
Distinct employers
18
Share of their total fundraising
4.12%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$9K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
SIG
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$32.18M
SIG
$20.01M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$4.52M
BOEING
$4.40M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HOMEMAKER
$2.10M
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$2.09M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
GABY
$2.02M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.72M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.67M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN LL
$1.45M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Max L. Miller comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$501K
Disclosed outside spending
$493K
Dark-money outside spending
$8K
Share that is dark money
1.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$8K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
JOBS & PROSPERITY PAC
$200K
PROTECTING OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES PAC
$192K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$34K
STAND FOR FREEDOM PAC
$22K
MAHA ALLIANCE
$19K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$10K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$8K
BETTER OHIO PAC
$6K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$3K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
WELCOMEPAC
$1K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$722
TURNING POINT PAC INC.
$588
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
145 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $455K to Max L. Miller across 232 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$455K
Shared contributors
145
Contributions
232
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 39 | $83K |
| 2024 | 88 | 127 | $254K |
| 2026 | 53 | 66 | $118K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Max L. Miller or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELEN TOLAR | CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staf… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 56 | 60 | 2023–2025 |
| TIMOTHY BAKER | Rep. Max Burns - Chief of Staff (2001-2003); Rep. Tom Graves - Chief of Staff (2… | ERVIN GRAVES STRATEGY GROUP, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Max L. Miller 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