Matt Van Epps
Republican
· TN-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
39.6
Least exposed
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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
4.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,460,754
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,663,968
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 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
3.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$8,494 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.87M 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 — $54K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$1,352,830
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
MAGA INC.
Share from this one network
29.5%
Amount from this network
$1,687,795
Total from all networks
$5,721,338
Networks contributing
135
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Who funds Epps
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,679,978
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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
10.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
83.3%
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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
SIG
$25.00M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GRP
$16.04M
ENERGY TRANSFER
$12.62M
OPENAI
$12.50M
IJS INVESTMENTS
$11.01M
A16Z
$6.00M
MILES PER HOUR
$6.00M
BLACKSTONE
$5.31M
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE
$5.05M
-OWNER
$5.00M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$5.00M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.80M
HOMEMAKER
$3.54M
QOL MEDICAL
$3.07M
JPM
$3.00M
BALLMER
$3.00M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.66M
US GOVERNMENT
$2.50M
BOEING
$2.07M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL
$2.03M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Matt Van Epps comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4.12M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.10M
Dark-money outside spending
$25K
Share that is dark money
0.62%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
MAGA INC.
$844K
YOUR COMMUNITY PAC
$738K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$724K
AMERICAN LIBERTY FOUNDATION
$384K
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$330K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$297K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$251K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$199K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$111K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$88K
GAY VALIMONT FOR CONGRESS
$47K
CITIZENS FOR A CONSERVATIVE TENNESSEE PAC
$39K
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION VOTES ACTION PAC
$38K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$22K
TURN LEFT PAC
$5K
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
11 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $21K to Matt Van Epps across 12 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$21K
Shared contributors
11
Contributions
12
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 12 | $21K |
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Matt Van Epps 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