Peter Welch
Democrat
· VT Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Credit (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · and Counterproliferation · and Forestry · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · and Food Safety · Senate Committee on Finance · and Infrastructure · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Competition Policy · and Consumer Rights · Agency Action · and Federal Rights
Influence Score
66.3
Moderately exposed
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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
2.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,510
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
9.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $69.80M 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 — $140K.
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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 | 55.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 66.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$22,500
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.
Network
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$943,900
Networks contributing
194
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Who funds Welch
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$475,910
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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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.7%
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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
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.34M
USPS
$1.81M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.13M
COZEN O CONNOR
$827K
DUKE ENERGY BUSINESS SERVICES
$665K
DUKE ENERGY BUSINESS SERVICES
$592K
AFSCME INT L
$590K
HOLLAND KNIGHT
$583K
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$579K
DELTA AIR LINES
$467K
MERITAGE
$466K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$441K
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$420K
USWA INTL
$402K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$347K
ARNOLD PORTER KAYE SCHOLER
$336K
DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS
$329K
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
$329K
ASSUREDPARTNERS
$294K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Peter Welch comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT THE VOTE
$2K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
45 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.33M to Peter Welch across 58 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.33M
Shared contributors
45
Contributions
58
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | 55 | $2.19M |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | $148K |
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Peter Welch 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