Michael K. Simpson
Republican
· ID-2 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services
Influence Score
70.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -1.1
vs 118th (71.5)
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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
8.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,801,352
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$432,364
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.4
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.4
/ 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
8.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,256 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $164.42M 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 — $329K.
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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 | 44.7 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 54.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 71.5 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 70.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$1,323,160
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.5%
Amount from this network
$37,000
Total from all networks
$2,424,276
Networks contributing
368
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Who funds Simpson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,353,852
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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
95.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
93.8%
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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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$21K
Distinct donors
9
Distinct employers
8
Share of their total fundraising
2.09%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$5K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
FOUNDERS FUND
$3K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$3K
STEPHENS
$3K
UBS FINANCIAL
$1K
CORNELLY SMYSER LLP
$1K
SCOGGIN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
$1K
META
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
FTX DIGITAL MARKETS
$17.01M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.61M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
REYES
$9.22M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.52M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael K. Simpson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$705K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$499K
ADPAC INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE
$476K
AMERICA PROUD PAC
$363K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$88K
SLF PAC
$76K
SNAKE RIVER CITIZENS FOR LIBERTY PAC, INC.
$70K
TURNOUT 2022
$46K
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL PAC DBA BREAST CANCER HEALTH COUNCIL PAC
$10K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$506
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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 $527K to Michael K. Simpson across 20 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$527K
Shared contributors
11
Contributions
20
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 7 | $208K |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | $313K |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | $6K |
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Michael K. Simpson sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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