Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
· FL-25 · 116th Congress
Veterans Affairs (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Influence Score
74.7
Highly exposed
↓ -8.3
vs 118th (76.0)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$23,321
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,300
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $140.47M 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 — $281K.
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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 | 74.7 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 76.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$80,000
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.
Share from this one network
2.3%
Amount from this network
$45,237
Total from all networks
$1,940,274
Networks contributing
276
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Who funds Schultz
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,880,613
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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
95.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
71.4%
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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
28
Money that arrived near votes
$92K
Distinct donors
36
Distinct employers
26
Share of their total fundraising
3.71%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BROWN BROWN INSURANCE
$7K
CHIEFTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
CPK INSURANCE
$7K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$7K
ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY
$7K
SV ANGEL
$7K
PALOMA ADVISORS
$7K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.38M
BOEING
$3.60M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.96M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.50M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
USPS
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Debbie Wasserman Schultz comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$109K
Disclosed outside spending
$108K
Dark-money outside spending
$393
Share that is dark money
0.36%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$385
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
AFC VICTORY FUND
$66K
UNITED FOR COMMON SENSE
$22K
CITIZENS AGAINST AIPAC CORRUPTION
$14K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$10K
NEW JOURNEY PAC, INC.
$5K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$2K
FIRE YOUR CONGRESSMAN PAC
$1K
FLORIDA FREEDOM PAC
$540
1199 SEIU NEW YORK STATE POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$385
WIN JUSTICE
$244
AFT SOLIDARITY
$120
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$41
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$393
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.
613 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.05M to Debbie Wasserman Schultz across 752 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.05M
Shared contributors
613
Contributions
752
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 103 | 109 | $135K |
| 2024 | 241 | 274 | $405K |
| 2026 | 330 | 369 | $510K |
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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