Daniel Meuser
Republican
· PA-9 · 119th Congress
and Capital Access (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Financial Services · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · and Global Human Rights · the Environment · and Cyber · House Committee on Small Business · and Regulations · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
58.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -1.5
vs 118th (60.0)
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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
5.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,774
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$914
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.2
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,504 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $16.71M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $33K.
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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 | 56.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$55,000
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
2.1%
Amount from this network
$35,500
Total from all networks
$1,721,373
Networks contributing
270
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Who funds Meuser
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
96.8%
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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
8
Share of their total fundraising
1.80%
Biggest clusters of timed money
EXCALIBUR INSURANCE MGMT
$6K
FIRST BANK OF THE LAKE
$4K
CENTER CITY INVESTMENT
$3K
ENTERPRISE BANK
$3K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$3K
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
$2K
NEXTIER BANK
$1K
LENDINGCLUB BANK
$500
PHYSICIANS INSURANCE PROGRAM EXCHANGE
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BOEING
$4.39M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.56M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
GOOGLE
$1.45M
EY
$1.44M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.27M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Daniel Meuser comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$14K
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK
$914
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$700
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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.
103 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $879K to Daniel Meuser across 195 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$879K
Shared contributors
103
Contributions
195
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | 47 | $294K |
| 2024 | 68 | 109 | $312K |
| 2026 | 26 | 39 | $273K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Daniel Meuser or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICK RAINERI | Rep. Jim Banks, Director of Member Services Main Street Caucus, Executive Direct… | TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC | 7 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
| TIMOTHY COSTA | Former Chief of Staff to Rep. Dan Meuser | CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC | 4 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
| PATRICK ROONEY | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Rep. Dan Meuser;… | SWISHER INTERNATIONAL, INC., F/K/A SI GROUP CLIENT SERVICES | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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Daniel Meuser 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