Susie Lee
Democrat
· NV-3 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
75.8
Highly exposed
↑ +5.8
vs 118th (75.8)
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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
7.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,064,420
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,793,293
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.6
/ 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
9.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,859 direct
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA PAC
$2,500 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $146.24M 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 — $292K.
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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 | 71.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 65.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 75.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 81.6 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$1,808,760
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$57,500
Total from all networks
$3,258,311
Networks contributing
500
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Who funds Lee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,377,053
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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
10.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
3.5%
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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
47
Money that arrived near votes
$128K
Distinct donors
57
Distinct employers
36
Share of their total fundraising
2.92%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
KLEINER PERKINS
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
TWILIO
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BAILEY KENNEDY LLP
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$31.46M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
BLOOMBERG
$13.12M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.10M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
REYES
$9.21M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.13M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
MOUNTAIRE
$5.50M
FAHR
$5.09M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BIGELOW AEROSPACE
$5.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Susie Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.73M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.28M
Dark-money outside spending
$454K
Share that is dark money
4.66%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$231K
Groups hiding their donors
11
By funding network
SLF PAC
$13.56M
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$1.68M
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
$980K
CLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND
$183K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$151K
WE VOTE WE WIN
$136K
UNITED WE CAN
$120K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$101K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$98K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$75K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$47K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$39K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$36K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$35K
WORKING AMERICA
$28K
Groups that hide their donors
$127K
$47K
$28K
$13K
$10K
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
EVA K GROVE
$420K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$409K
PROTECTING CHOICE IN CALIFORNIA A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA
$165K
QUINN DELANEY
$150K
SHANNON HUNT-SCOTT
$150K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$148K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$131K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$130K
TERRY FURGERSON
$112K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$107K
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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.
443 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $787K to Susie Lee across 638 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$787K
Shared contributors
443
Contributions
638
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 88 | $95K |
| 2024 | 199 | 259 | $345K |
| 2026 | 243 | 291 | $347K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Susie Lee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D- CA-43) // Legislati… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 38 | 323 | 2023–2025 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP | 6 | 30 | 2023–2024 |
| RYAN SHAY | Leg. Dir., Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV); Sr. Leg. Asst & Leg. Asst, Rep. Andre Carson (… | LEGO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| DANA THOMPSON | Legislative Director / Chief Counsel, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) // Legislativ… | NETAPP, INC | 1 | 2 | 2024–2024 |
| COLE LACROIX | Legislative/policy staffer to Senator Lee | LACROIX ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE | 1 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
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Susie Lee's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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