Laura Friedman
Democrat
· CA-30 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
41.6
Least exposed
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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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$259,581
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$56,281
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
10.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.0
/ 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
3.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,994 direct
JSTREETPAC
$3,600 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.85M 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 — $70K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC
Total money from this network
$18,750
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
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE
Share from this one network
3.9%
Amount from this network
$17,500
Total from all networks
$453,841
Networks contributing
119
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Who funds Friedman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$506,912
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.7%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$1.41M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.30M
PFIZER
$1.05M
RIPPLE
$1.00M
GENERAL MOTORS
$906K
UNITED AIRLINES
$861K
FORD MOTOR
$632K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
AT T SERVICES
$561K
DELTA AIR LINES
$534K
LAUDER
$507K
PFIZER
$506K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$452K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$449K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
DELTA AIR LINES
$389K
AFSCME INT L
$315K
SOUTHERN CA EDISON
$302K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Laura Friedman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$316K
Disclosed outside spending
$316K
Dark-money outside spending
$59
Share that is dark money
0.02%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$59
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FIGHTING FOR CALIFORNIANS
$257K
RESIDENTS FOR STRONG, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
$49K
CONSERVLA
$7K
DGA ACTION
$2K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$268
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$168
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$103
FOOD AND WATER ACTION PAC
$85
LCV VICTORY FUND
$59
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$59
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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.
42 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $253K to Laura Friedman across 68 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$253K
Shared contributors
42
Contributions
68
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33 | 47 | $156K |
| 2026 | 18 | 21 | $97K |
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Laura Friedman 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