Lloyd K. Smucker
Republican
· PA-11 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
77.1
Highly exposed
↓ -1.3
vs 118th (77.1)
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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
4.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$8,434
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
6.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.5
/ 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
13.0
/ 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
5.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,900 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $174.15M 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 — $348K.
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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 | 47.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 69.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 77.1 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 75.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$58,500
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.
Network
SMUCKER VICTORY COMMITTEE
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$61,752
Total from all networks
$2,465,868
Networks contributing
368
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Who funds Smucker
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$844,441
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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
99.1%
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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$32K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
1.74%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES
$5K
READING BLUE MOUNTIAN RAILROAD
$4K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
TRANSAMERICA PREMIER LIFE INSURANCE
$3K
STEPHANO SLACK
$2K
GEORGELIS INJURY LAW FIRM P C
$2K
GEORGELIS INJURY LAW FIRM P C
$2K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
ARENT FOX LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.92M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lloyd K. Smucker comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
COMMON DEFENSE ACTION FUND
$23K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$15K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$700
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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.
91 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.11M to Lloyd K. Smucker across 153 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.11M
Shared contributors
91
Contributions
153
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | $421K |
| 2024 | 75 | 110 | $542K |
| 2026 | 22 | 27 | $151K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Lloyd K. Smucker or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER EDDOWES | Senior Policy Advisor, Congressman Lloyd Smucker | ATLAS CROSSING LLC | 56 | 403 | 2023–2025 |
| KATHERINE BONNER | Chief of Staff, Rep. Lloyd Smucker; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jeb Bradley; Leg… | MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC | 14 | 24 | 2025–2025 |
| ANDREW ROBRENO | Rep. Lloyd Smucker: Deputy Chief of Staff (2019), Legislative Director (2017-201… | CAPITOL67 STRATEGIES | 12 | 53 | 2025–2025 |
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Lloyd K. Smucker'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