Tim Burchett
Republican
· TN-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · Global Human Rights · and International Organizations · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · and the Environment · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Small Business · Oversight and Regulations · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
33.9
Least exposed
↑ +0.1
vs 118th (33.7)
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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
1.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$66,923
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.4
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $37.43M 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 — $75K.
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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 | 52.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 35.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 33.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 33.8 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$25,500
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
4.3%
Amount from this network
$17,000
Total from all networks
$394,833
Networks contributing
114
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Who funds Burchett
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
99.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
Biggest clusters of timed money
KRAMER RAYSON LLP
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
CHARTER
$2.64M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.36M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.27M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
UNITED AIRLINES
$991K
UP RAILROAD
$984K
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
UNITED AIRLINES
$850K
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
$846K
RAYTHEON
$828K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$723K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$714K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tim Burchett comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$68K
Disclosed outside spending
$687
Dark-money outside spending
$67K
Share that is dark money
98.98%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$69K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$2K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
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.
71 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $250K to Tim Burchett across 137 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$250K
Shared contributors
71
Contributions
137
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39 | 41 | $56K |
| 2024 | 37 | 79 | $161K |
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | $33K |
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Tim Burchett ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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