Christina Houlahan
Democrat
· PA-6 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · Global Human Rights · and International Organizations · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
74.2
Highly exposed
↓ -3.1
vs 118th (74.2)
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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
7.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,005,447
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$246
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.5
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,100 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.01M 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 — $50K.
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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 | 61.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$190,480
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$38,500
Total from all networks
$2,592,621
Networks contributing
442
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Who funds Houlahan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,330,059
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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
85.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.7%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$23.31M
NEWSWEB
$16.40M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
FTX
$6.10M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.49M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.44M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.40M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.17M
EY
$3.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
GREYLOCK
$2.93M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Christina Houlahan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$907K
Disclosed outside spending
$886K
Dark-money outside spending
$21K
Share that is dark money
2.34%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$12
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
SHIELD PAC
$396K
VOTEVETS
$281K
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$213K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$140K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$32K
CASA IN ACTION PAC
$27K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$14K
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
$11K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$8K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$5K
DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PA
$4K
JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL OF AMERICA
$4K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$3K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$3K
DMFI PAC
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$12K
2 smaller groups under $500
$434
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.
149 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $452K to Christina Houlahan across 252 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$452K
Shared contributors
149
Contributions
252
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57 | 93 | $93K |
| 2024 | 85 | 119 | $256K |
| 2026 | 34 | 40 | $104K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Christina Houlahan or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAYLA PRIMES | Senator Jacky Rosen, Legislative Assistant; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Legislative A… | VISA INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Christina Houlahan'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