Bryan Steil
Republican
· WI-1 · 119th Congress
Financial Technology (Chair) · and Artificial Intelligence (Chair) · House Committee on House Administration (Chair) · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (Chair) · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Community Development · and Insurance · and Capital Markets · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
80.0
Highly exposed
↑ +16.7
vs 118th (63.2)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$869,437
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$119,805
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
9.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$20,006 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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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 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 79.9 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$764,206
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$97,500
Total from all networks
$4,800,527
Networks contributing
525
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Who funds Steil
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
8.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
91.7%
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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
71
Money that arrived near votes
$235K
Distinct donors
110
Distinct employers
41
Share of their total fundraising
5.38%
Biggest clusters of timed money
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$14K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$12K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
COURI INSURANCE
$7K
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.01M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
BLOOMBERG
$13.01M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.13M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.11M
HOMEMAKER
$7.02M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.62M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.16M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.06M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
ARVEST BANK
$5.06M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.05M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.03M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bryan Steil comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.01M
Disclosed outside spending
$943K
Dark-money outside spending
$66K
Share that is dark money
6.52%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$764K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$120K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$62K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$25K
MIDWEST GROWTH PAC
$20K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$14K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$6K
PARTY_C00074450
$4K
SLF PAC
$4K
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SUPER PAC
$2K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
65 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $832K to Bryan Steil across 110 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$832K
Shared contributors
65
Contributions
110
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 31 | $139K |
| 2024 | 27 | 34 | $58K |
| 2026 | 26 | 45 | $635K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Bryan Steil or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN CARNEY | Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom MacArthur; Chief of Staff, Rep. Bryan Steil; Staff Dire… | K&L GATES, LLP | 64 | 68 | 2023–2025 |
| RYAN CARNEY | Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom MacArthur (2015-2019); Staff Director, House Select Com… | FORIS DAX, INC. & ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES D/B/A CRYPTO.COM | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Bryan Steil'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