Scott Perry
Republican
· PA-10 · 119th Congress
Public Buildings (Chair) · and Emergency Management (Chair) · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
59.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +11.6
vs 118th (47.8)
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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
4.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,619,071
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$5,819,260
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $43.65M 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 — $87K.
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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 | 58.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 47.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 59.4 | 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
$3,179,299
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
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
16.0%
Amount from this network
$246,113
Total from all networks
$1,539,783
Networks contributing
260
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Who funds Perry
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,357,238
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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
0.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
39.3%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$9K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ULINE
$6K
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP
$1K
KAYSER REDFERN LLP
$1K
SKADDEN ARPS
$1K
ARENT FOX LLP
$500
K L GATES LLP
$500
LAW OFFICES OF LORI A GARBER
$500
LEIDOS
$250
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$250
LANCASTER DISTRICT ATTORNEY S OFFI
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$19.02M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
BLOOMBERG
$14.41M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.16M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.05M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$4.63M
MOUNTAIRE
$4.60M
PATHWAYS ORG
$4.56M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$4.56M
HOMEMAKER
$4.31M
GREYLOCK
$4.18M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$3.80M
SIMONS
$3.80M
BOEING
$3.65M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.30M
HEISING-SIMONS
$3.20M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Scott Perry comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.43M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.38M
Dark-money outside spending
$51K
Share that is dark money
0.69%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$247
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$5.11M
DCCC
$3.78M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$2.00M
EDF ACTION VOTES
$1.10M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$641K
FUTURE PROGRESS
$474K
TURNOUT IE PAC
$378K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$238K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$216K
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
$200K
WELCOMEPAC
$162K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$161K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$136K
HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
$133K
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC
$114K
Groups that hide their donors
$50K
1 smaller group under $500
$247
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
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
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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.
30 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.02M to Scott Perry across 62 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.02M
Shared contributors
30
Contributions
62
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 13 | $165K |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | $17K |
| 2026 | 22 | 39 | $837K |
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Scott Perry 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