J. French Hill
Republican
· AR-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services (Chair) · Community Development (Chair) · and Insurance (Chair) · International Development (Chair) · and Monetary Policy (Chair) · and Capital Markets · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
86.7
Most exposed
↑ +5.6
vs 118th (81.1)
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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
11.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$589,648
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$54,167
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.4
/ 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
13.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,754 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.13M 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 | 64.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.0 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 81.1 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 86.7 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$524,943
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
FAIRSHAKE
Share from this one network
17.0%
Amount from this network
$836,115
Total from all networks
$4,929,525
Networks contributing
413
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Who funds Hill
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,663,898
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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
8.2%
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
Times money arrived near a vote
88
Money that arrived near votes
$275K
Distinct donors
125
Distinct employers
49
Share of their total fundraising
8.46%
Biggest clusters of timed money
WELLS FARGO
$12K
BNY MELLON
$10K
STEPHENS
$10K
WELLS FARGO
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
FIRST SECURITY BANK
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.04M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.91M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against J. French Hill comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$654K
Disclosed outside spending
$654K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.41M
DCCC
$1.06M
WOMEN VOTE
$602K
FAIRSHAKE
$525K
PATRIOT MAJORITY USA
$280K
ESAFUND
$154K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION
$125K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$54K
CENTER FORWARD INITIATIVE INC
$49K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$19K
SLF PAC
$6K
BLACK AMERICANS MAKING AMERICA FIRST
$4K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$2K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$878
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
45 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.87M to J. French Hill across 77 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.87M
Shared contributors
45
Contributions
77
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 16 | $452K |
| 2024 | 38 | 46 | $728K |
| 2026 | 7 | 15 | $689K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for J. French Hill or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON HOUSE | Intern, Congressman French Hill | SORINI STRATEGIC ADVISORS F/K/A SORINI, SAMET, & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| MORGAN BEVIN | Professional Staff Member, US House Committee on Financial Services, Rep. Patric… | STERNHELL GROUP | 7 | 69 | 2023–2025 |
| TAYLOR CHILDRESS | Senior Leg. Assistant, Congresswoman Bice, 2021-2022; Legislative Assistant, Con… | CLEARPATH ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVE CLEAN ENERGY, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2023–2023 |
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J. French Hill ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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