Russ Fulcher
Republican
· ID-1 · 119th Congress
and Public Lands (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife
Influence Score
46.5
Least exposed
↓ -1.6
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
2.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,353
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
6.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 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
1.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.69M 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 — $93K.
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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 | 38.6 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 27.6 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 48.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 46.5 | 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
$36,543
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
4.3%
Amount from this network
$36,083
Total from all networks
$846,843
Networks contributing
200
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Who funds Fulcher
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$413,973
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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
0.6%
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
Biggest clusters of timed money
ASTRAZENECA
$500
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$250
ORACLE
$200
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
STILLWATER ELECTRIC
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.64M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.84M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.62M
HOMEMAKER
$1.60M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
AMGEN
$1.28M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Russ Fulcher comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$524K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$58K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$10K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$3K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$2K
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.
31 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $48K to Russ Fulcher across 46 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$48K
Shared contributors
31
Contributions
46
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | $9K |
| 2024 | 13 | 15 | $14K |
| 2026 | 15 | 22 | $24K |
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Russ Fulcher 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