Summer L. Lee
Democrat
· PA-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Influence Score
50.4
Least exposed
↑ +0.7
vs 118th (50.5)
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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
3.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,255,804
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,283,561
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.6
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 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
1.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$890 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.08M 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 — $40K.
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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 | 50.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Total money from this network
$1,485,102
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
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Share from this one network
5.9%
Amount from this network
$51,334
Total from all networks
$867,498
Networks contributing
157
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Who funds Lee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,809,113
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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
78.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
43.2%
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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
15
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
25
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
1.34%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LAW OFFICES OF MAZHER M SHAH-KHAN PC
$5K
POMERANTZ LLP
$5K
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$3K
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
$2K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$2K
ARNOLD PORTER LLP
$2K
LATHAM WATKINS LLP
$1K
CHADBOURNE PARKE LLP
$1K
CHADBOURNE PARKE LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$13.49M
FAHR
$5.09M
HOMEMAKER
$3.28M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
FTX
$2.37M
USPS
$2.16M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.31M
BLOOMBERG
$1.26M
VISION RIDGE
$1.08M
THE MARCUS
$1.07M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.04M
SABAN CAPITAL
$1.03M
HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL
$1.00M
RIPPLE
$1.00M
UNITED AIRLINES
$865K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$862K
USPS
$849K
ANALYSIS
$703K
MERITAGE
$640K
EXECUTIVE
$625K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Summer L. Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.59M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.48M
Dark-money outside spending
$108K
Share that is dark money
1.64%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$65K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$3.27M
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$1.30M
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$1.02M
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$188K
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION
$117K
PA UNITED FEDERAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$105K
EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$100K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$65K
SUNRISE PAC
$63K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$51K
SOLIDARITY VICTORY PAC
$40K
PENNSYLVANIA UNITED
$39K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$36K
WOMEN VOTE
$34K
MEDICARE FOR ALL
$25K
Groups that hide their donors
$65K
$39K
2 smaller groups under $500
$858
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
59 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $70K to Summer L. Lee across 130 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$70K
Shared contributors
59
Contributions
130
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45 | 75 | $35K |
| 2024 | 25 | 48 | $33K |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | $3K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Summer L. Lee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D- CA-43) // Legislati… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 38 | 323 | 2023–2025 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP | 6 | 30 | 2023–2024 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | LEGO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) // Legislativ… | NETAPP, INC | 1 | 2 | 2024–2024 |
| COLE LACROIX | Legislative/policy staffer to Senator Lee | LACROIX ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE | 1 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
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Summer L. Lee 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