Robert B. Aderholt
Republican
· AL-4 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · Health and Human Services (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration
Influence Score
60.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -9.9
vs 118th (70.5)
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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
4.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.8
/ 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
11.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.9
/ 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
8.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $174.92M 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 — $350K.
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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 | 46.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 70.5 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$60,000
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,800,168
Networks contributing
289
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Who funds Aderholt
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
97.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
4
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
1.46%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CLEARPATH ACTION
$7K
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
$5K
BANK OF VERNON
$1K
GESSLER MEDICAL CLINIC
$1K
BANK OF VERNON
$500
CULLMAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$500
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
$500
CHARLES GOUGH INSURANCE AGENCY
$275
EDWARDS ELECTRIC
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.04M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Robert B. Aderholt comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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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.
118 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $504K to Robert B. Aderholt across 226 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$504K
Shared contributors
118
Contributions
226
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | $123K |
| 2024 | 29 | 88 | $294K |
| 2026 | 27 | 58 | $87K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for Robert B. Aderholt or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIMON STEIN | Senior Policy Advisory, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Program Manager, US D… | S-3 GROUP | 26 | 122 | 2025–2025 |
| BRIAN RELL | Chief of Staff - Congressman Robert Aderholt | BALCH & BINGHAM, LLP | 10 | 98 | 2023–2025 |
| WILLIAM PALMER | Senior legislative assistant to Congressman Robert Aderholt in the U.S. House of… | KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP | 4 | 16 | 2023–2024 |
| JOHN ROSS | U.S. House of Representatives - District Representative for Congressman Robert A… | ROSS TAYLOR & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
| MICHAEL LOWRY | Chief of Staff, Representative Robert B. Aderholt; Chief of Staff, Representativ… | BACKSTOP STRATEGIES, LLC | 2 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
| GRAHAM HALL | Intern, Senator Jeff Sessions; Intern, Congressman Robert Aderholt | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Robert B. Aderholt sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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