Lauren Underwood
Democrat
· IL-14 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Homeland Security · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · and Recovery · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
72.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.7
vs 118th (72.7)
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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
6.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$429,652
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$13,052
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.8
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.5
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $132.05M 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 — $264K.
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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 | 77.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 76.9 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.0 | 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
$384,911
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
2.8%
Amount from this network
$43,500
Total from all networks
$1,577,744
Networks contributing
297
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Who funds Underwood
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
18.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
19.1%
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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
57
Money that arrived near votes
$158K
Distinct donors
72
Distinct employers
42
Share of their total fundraising
4.27%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$7K
HEIGHT SECURITIES
$7K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$7K
LUPA SYSTEMS
$7K
PAUL WEISS
$7K
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
$7K
ROPES GRAY
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$33.04M
BLOOMBERG
$31.17M
NEWSWEB
$16.32M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
FTX
$6.11M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.11M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
GREYLOCK
$2.92M
BAIN CAPITAL
$1.86M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.39M
USPS
$1.36M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.27M
FORD MOTOR
$1.21M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$1.21M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.15M
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$1.11M
BALLMER
$1.08M
VISION RIDGE
$1.07M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lauren Underwood comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$491K
Disclosed outside spending
$284K
Dark-money outside spending
$207K
Share that is dark money
42.17%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$192K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$1.70M
NRCC
$912K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$341K
WOMEN VOTE
$223K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$211K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$102K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$56K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$53K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$48K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC)
$45K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$45K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$35K
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VICTORY FUND
$29K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$28K
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$23K
Groups that hide their donors
$102K
$89K
$10K
2 smaller groups under $500
$232
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$2K
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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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $899K to Lauren Underwood across 196 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$899K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
196
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | 126 | $296K |
| 2024 | 27 | 51 | $497K |
| 2026 | 9 | 19 | $106K |
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Lauren Underwood 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