Becca Balint
Democrat
· VT-AL · 119th Congress
House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust
Influence Score
62.9
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.8
vs 118th (59.5)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,546,572
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
7.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,389 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $139.96M 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 — $280K.
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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 | 59.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
EQUALITY PAC
Total money from this network
$305,582
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
EQUALITY PAC
Share from this one network
4.0%
Amount from this network
$32,800
Total from all networks
$809,643
Networks contributing
146
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Who funds Balint
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,170,474
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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
99.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
59.5%
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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
6
Money that arrived near votes
$12K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
1.62%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LAW FIRM
$3K
META
$3K
CLEAN YIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT
$2K
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
$1K
EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$750
STRIS MAHER LLP
$750
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$2.64M
USPS
$2.15M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.31M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
FTX CRYPTOCURRENCY DERIVATIVES EXCHAN
$1.10M
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$1,000K
INTEL
$901K
UNITED AIRLINES
$862K
GREYLOCK
$836K
BAIN CAPITAL
$763K
WALMART
$731K
THE WONDERFUL
$680K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$648K
NEWSWEB
$583K
THE BAUPOST
$576K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Becca Balint comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.55M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.55M
Dark-money outside spending
$54
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$54
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
LGBTQ VICTORY FUND FEDERAL PAC
$992K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$195K
EQUALITY PAC
$171K
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
$157K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$30K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC
$1K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$214
LCV VICTORY FUND
$54
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$54
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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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $233K to Becca Balint across 102 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$233K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
102
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 17 | $13K |
| 2024 | 27 | 43 | $143K |
| 2026 | 26 | 42 | $77K |
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Becca Balint 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