Cleo Fields
Democrat
· LA-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services
Influence Score
27.5
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
0.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$300,827
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
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.9
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$15,000
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
6.2%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$240,300
Networks contributing
62
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Who funds Fields
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
CHARTER
$1.41M
USPS
$1.17M
AT T SERVICES
$885K
ENTERGY SERVICES
$833K
WILLIAMS WPC-I
$756K
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES
$750K
AT T SERVICES
$561K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$526K
REGIONS BANK
$492K
HEALTH CARE SERVICE
$488K
VISA U S A
$476K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$449K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
AEP SERVICE
$403K
WALMART
$383K
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
$345K
AFSCME INT L
$315K
ALTRIA DISTRIBUTION
$265K
CHICAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
$245K
IUOE LOCAL L0003
$215K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Cleo Fields comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
LOUISIANA FAMILIES FIRST PAC
$300K
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF LA
$827
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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.
2 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $102K to Cleo Fields across 2 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$102K
Shared contributors
2
Contributions
2
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | $2K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $100K |
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Cleo Fields 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