Lizzie Fletcher
Democrat
· TX-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
67.6
Moderately exposed
↑ +5.8
vs 118th (61.6)
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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
7.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$27,636
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,685
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,158 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 67.5 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 61.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$64,500
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
1.6%
Amount from this network
$43,000
Total from all networks
$2,623,306
Networks contributing
435
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Who funds Fletcher
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
3.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
11
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
8
Share of their total fundraising
1.00%
Biggest clusters of timed money
SHRINERS HOSPITAL
$6K
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE
$4K
GHR HEALTHCARE
$3K
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$3K
GHR HEALTHCARE
$3K
KITE PHARMA
$2K
AIRBNB
$1K
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$1K
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$1K
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
$1K
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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
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.41M
EY
$3.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.52M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lizzie Fletcher comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$66K
Disclosed outside spending
$66K
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
SLF PAC
$5.95M
NRCC
$1.68M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$1.32M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$372K
WOMEN VOTE
$246K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$148K
BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE PAC
$110K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$102K
VALOR AMERICA
$64K
NATIONAL HORIZON
$42K
TAKING TEXAS TO THE TOP
$28K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$22K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$21K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$20K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$9K
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.
100 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $757K to Lizzie Fletcher across 148 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$757K
Shared contributors
100
Contributions
148
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 42 | $218K |
| 2024 | 72 | 89 | $459K |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 | $81K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Lizzie Fletcher or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSH HOLLY | Comm. Dir./Spksmn/Staff, H. Armed Svc. Cmte. // Dir. Media Affairs, H. Ed. & Wor… | HOLLY STRATEGIES INCORPORATED | 5 | 31 | 2023–2025 |
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Lizzie Fletcher 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