Madeleine Dean
Democrat
· PA-4 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · House Committee on Financial Services · International Development · and Monetary Policy · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties
Influence Score
69.9
Highly exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (69.2)
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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
8.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$624,685
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$89
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $175.58M 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 — $351K.
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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 | 69.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$78,750
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$52,500
Total from all networks
$2,360,157
Networks contributing
343
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Who funds Dean
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,097,890
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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
97.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.9%
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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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$19K
Distinct donors
10
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MESIROW FINANCIAL
$3K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
UTILITY LINE SERVICE
$3K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$2K
O MELVENY MYERS LLP
$2K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$1K
DECHERT LLP
$1K
LAW OFFICES OF SEAN KILKENNY
$1K
OBERMAYER REBMANN MAXWELL HIPPEL LLP
$1K
STRADLEY RONON STEVENS YOUNG LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
ELECTRICIANS LOCAL 98
$5.50M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
ELECTRICIANS LOCAL 98
$2.05M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Madeleine Dean comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$62K
Disclosed outside spending
$62K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
WOMEN VOTE
$247K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$32K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$16K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$13K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$12K
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
$11K
DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PA
$4K
JDCA PAC
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$700
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$553
DEMOCRACY PAC
$190
PEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIA
$162
API PA VOTES
$95
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
99 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $458K to Madeleine Dean across 135 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$458K
Shared contributors
99
Contributions
135
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 81 | 90 | $317K |
| 2024 | 21 | 36 | $136K |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | $4K |
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Madeleine Dean'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