Richard Edmund Neal
Democrat
· MA-1 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Ways and Means (Chair) · Joint Committee on Taxation (Chair)
Influence Score
77.2
Highly exposed
↑ +16.7
vs 118th (75.7)
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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
9.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$746,651
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
6.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 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
13.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $76.47M 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 — $153K.
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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 | 77.2 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 75.7 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 92.4 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$107,000
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
0.9%
Amount from this network
$53,500
Total from all networks
$5,871,823
Networks contributing
617
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Who funds Neal
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,363,898
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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
96.1%
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
30
Money that arrived near votes
$60K
Distinct donors
42
Distinct employers
18
Share of their total fundraising
3.36%
Biggest clusters of timed money
PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$5K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$4K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL
$3K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$3K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$3K
SECURIAN FINANCIAL
$3K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$3K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.60M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.00M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Richard Edmund Neal comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$510K
FIGHT CORPORATE MONOPOLIES
$325K
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$275K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$151K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$63K
AMERICAN WORKING FAMILIES
$13K
BOLD FUTURE PAC
$10K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE
$10K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
$6K
REBELLION PAC
$4K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$70
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
84 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.78M to Richard Edmund Neal across 141 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.78M
Shared contributors
84
Contributions
141
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 35 | $648K |
| 2024 | 63 | 93 | $778K |
| 2026 | 12 | 13 | $352K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Richard Edmund Neal or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM TRANGHESE | Legislative Assistant, Communications Director, Chief of Staff - Rep. Richard Ne… | PLATINUM ADVISORS DC, LLC | 20 | 141 | 2023–2025 |
| ANN JABLON | Chief of Staff, Rep. Richard E. Neal; Legislative Director, Rep. Richard E. Neal… | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 17 | 18 | 2023–2025 |
| ANN JABLON | Chief of Staff, Congressman Richard Neal | MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY COUNCIL | 1 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
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Richard Edmund Neal'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