Nellie Pou
Democrat
· NJ-9 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
42.1
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
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$109
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
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.5
/ 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
1.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.42M 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 — $41K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$40,500
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$27,000
Total from all networks
$1,061,866
Networks contributing
285
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Who funds Pou
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
92.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
93.2%
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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
$6.43M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$4.03M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.84M
BALLMER
$3.04M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.03M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
HARRIS
$2.04M
RIPPLE
$1.94M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
NETFLIX
$1.76M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.56M
HEISING-SIMONS
$1.50M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.50M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$1.40M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
HNTB
$1.31M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.31M
ABBVIE
$1.29M
AMGEN
$1.25M
MERCK SHARP DOHME
$1.20M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Nellie Pou comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8K
Disclosed outside spending
$8K
Dark-money outside spending
$109
Share that is dark money
1.36%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$109
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
LCV VICTORY FUND
$109
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$109
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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.
56 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $79K to Nellie Pou across 75 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$79K
Shared contributors
56
Contributions
75
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | $28K |
| 2026 | 30 | 41 | $50K |
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Nellie Pou 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