Clay Higgins
Republican
· LA-3 · 119th Congress
and Operations (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Recovery · and Accountability · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6
Influence Score
44.9
Least exposed
↓ -3.4
vs 118th (48.1)
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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
1.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,617
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$56,794
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,010 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.45M 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 — $59K.
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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 | 34.1 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 48.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 48.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 44.7 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Total money from this network
$31,114
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
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
5.8%
Amount from this network
$30,456
Total from all networks
$523,705
Networks contributing
108
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Who funds Higgins
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$218,787
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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
0.3%
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BOEING
$3.65M
HARRIS
$2.32M
HARRIS
$2.04M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
HOMEMAKER
$1.31M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.15M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.05M
ENTERGY SERVICES
$1.03M
PHILLIPS 66
$992K
REGIONS BANK
$922K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
PHILLIPS 66
$861K
REGIONS BANK
$689K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$662K
ENTERGY SERVICES
$658K
ATMOS ENERGY
$625K
THE GEO
$583K
PHILLIPS 66
$556K
MARATHON PETROLEUM
$485K
HOMEMAKER
$431K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Clay Higgins comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PEOPLE WHO LOVE AMERICA
$56K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$6K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$3K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$646
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$22
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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.
51 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $245K to Clay Higgins across 81 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$245K
Shared contributors
51
Contributions
81
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 11 | $56K |
| 2024 | 39 | 40 | $88K |
| 2026 | 19 | 30 | $100K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Clay Higgins or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATHEE FACCHIANO | Chief of Staff, Congressman Clay Higgins; Leg Dir and Gen Counsel, Senator Rand … | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | 3 | 5 | 2023–2025 |
| COOPER EHRENDREICH | Congressman Higgins - Press Assistance, Scheduler | HB STRATEGIES | 2 | 25 | 2023–2025 |
| KATHEE FACCHIANO | Chief of Staff, Congressman Clay Higgins; Leg Dir&Gen Counsel, Senator Rand Paul… | CAPITOL DECISIONS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| COBY SAMMIS | Field Representative, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior L… | NATIONAL OCEAN INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Clay Higgins 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