Michael A. Rulli
Republican
· OH-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Influence Score
32.3
Least exposed
↑ +7.5
vs 118th (24.7)
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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
2.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$107,948
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$153,734
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.4
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $43.85M 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 — $88K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 24.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 32.2 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$156,000
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.
Network
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC
Share from this one network
2.6%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$961,944
Networks contributing
247
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Who funds Rulli
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$524,298
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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
98.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.5%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
PETROLEUM ENGINEER
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
CENTENE
$1.46M
CHARTER
$1.41M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.27M
CATERPILLAR
$1.26M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.22M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.15M
PFIZER
$1.05M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.05M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$1.04M
MARATHON PETROLEUM
$971K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
INTEL
$869K
HOME DEPOT U S A
$861K
UNITED AIRLINES
$849K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael A. Rulli comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$262K
Disclosed outside spending
$259K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
0.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
RESTORATION PAC
$154K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$104K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$2K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA
$0
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
19 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $120K to Michael A. Rulli across 22 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$120K
Shared contributors
19
Contributions
22
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 17 | $15K |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 | $105K |
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Michael A. Rulli 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