Energy and Natural Resources Committee
The Federal Election Commission filings of the people who currently sit on this committee. The committee itself receives no campaign money and files nothing with the FEC.
What this page covers
This page summarizes the campaign finance of the people who currently sit on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It does not represent money received by the committee itself. A congressional committee is not a Federal Election Commission political committee: it has no FEC committee ID, it raises and receives nothing, and it files no campaign reports. Every amount below belongs to an individual member's own campaign, or was spent independently about that member by someone else.
Members serve on several committees at once, so these cohort figures overlap with other committees' and must never be added across them.
| Committee | Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate committee |
|---|---|
| Cycle | The 2024 two-year federal cycle |
| Roster as of | Sep 26, 2026 Roster fingerprint f0e7fbf80a6f6ae9. A committee assignment changing produces a different fingerprint, so a figure quoted from this page can be checked against the roster it was computed from. |
| Current members | 20 eligible · 20 with a complete FEC record · 0 without one |
| Finance coverage | Members' reports cover through Dec 31, 2024 at the earliest and Dec 31, 2024 at the latest. Most report through Dec 31, 2024. |
| Coverage policy | Every current member of this committee's roster is counted once, even when they hold more than one FEC candidate identity. Only members with a complete FEC record for the selected cycle contribute an amount; the rest are listed with the reason and are never counted as zero.Every figure is read from the same FEC snapshot each member's own campaign-finance page reads, so a member's row here and their profile cannot disagree. |
The 20 current members
Every current member of this committee, in the committee's own roster order by default. Selecting a measure below ranks them by it and draws one aligned bar per member on a single shared scale. Only one measure is ever drawn at a time: receipts and cash on hand are different quantities, and putting them on one axis would compare things the filings do not compare.
| Member | Party | State | Role on this committee | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts | Outside spending supporting | Outside spending opposing | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lee | Republican | UT | chairman | $5,138,473 | $908,768 | $85,250 | $14,239 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM | ranking member | $10,731,410 | $319,551 | $2,004,501 | $36,095 | $686,533 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Alex Padilla | Democratic | CA | member | $754,151 | $6,642,855 | $221,050 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | Independent | ME | member | $5,368,767 | $238,717 | $1,503,929 | $16,360 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Bill Cassidy | Republican | LA | member | $4,060,477 | $6,580,418 | $1,051,619 | $22,390 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic | NV | member | $3,281,417 | $3,496,046 | $110,020 | $27,076 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | MS | member | $750,574 | $476,764 | $249,900 | $0 | $10,000 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| David McCormick | Republican | PA | member | $35,970,837 | $605,478 | $1,013,544 | $29,151,804 | $78,013,792 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| James C. Justice | Republican | WV | member | $4,587,416 | $693,941 | $704,300 | $3,764,380 | $2,106,090 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| James E. Risch | Republican | ID | member | $632,240 | $2,420,365 | $220,000 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| John Barrasso | Republican | WY | member | $7,761,388 | $7,728,429 | $2,725,370 | $1,007,628 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| John Hoeven | Republican | ND | member | $530,750 | $567,304 | $213,550 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic | CO | member | $1,160,079 | $1,435,633 | $113,500 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Lisa Murkowski | Republican | AK | member | $689,241 | $617,160 | $276,800 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA | member | $11,147,596 | $611,211 | $76,800 | $3,858 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI | member | $3,292,049 | $1,405,875 | $1,085,369 | $1,996 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR | member | $1,533,628 | $1,770,759 | $309,350 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic | AZ | member | $64,657,200 | $211,153 | $1,784,685 | $24,420,800 | $21,033,429 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT | member | $1,682,254 | $1,758,243 | $693,800 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
| Tom Cotton | Republican | AR | member | $2,488,964 | $7,450,870 | $181,500 | $0 | $0 | Through Dec 31, 2024 |
Contributions to candidates, involving current members
Money these committees gave to the authorized campaign committees of individual members of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, out of their own funds. Each amount was received and reported by a member's own campaign. None of it was given to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which receives no campaign money and files nothing with the FEC.
$15,810,784 from 1,661 political committees, involving 20 of the 20 current members, in the 2024 cycle. Every share below is a share of that amount and of no other kind of activity.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE NORTH PAC C00571000 | $80,000 | 0.5% | 8 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, James C. Justice, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 16 | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 2 | DIRIGO PAC C00391797 | $70,000 | 0.4% | 7 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, James C. Justice, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 14 | Dec 9, 2024 |
| 3 | COMMON VALUES PAC C00442368 | $70,000 | 0.4% | 7 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, James C. Justice, James E. Risch, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 14 | Dec 5, 2024 |
| 4 | THE PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC C00571976 | $70,000 | 0.4% | 7 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, James C. Justice, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Tom Cotton | 14 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 5 | AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PAC C00832501 | $70,000 | 0.4% | 7 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, James C. Justice, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Tom Cotton | 18 | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 6 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00797670 | $64,656 | 0.4% | 3 | Angus S. King, Jr., John Barrasso, Maria Cantwell | 87 | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 7 | AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. C00007880 | $61,500 | 0.4% | 8 | Angus S. King, Jr., David McCormick, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego, Steve Daines | 14 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| 8 | AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) C00010868 | $61,500 | 0.4% | 9 | Angus S. King, Jr., Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Barrasso, John W. Hickenlooper, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego, Steve Daines | 18 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| 9 | NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION C00003251 | $60,000 | 0.4% | 6 | Angus S. King, Jr., John W. Hickenlooper, Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 17 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| 10 | REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) C00345132 | $59,704 | 0.4% | 2 | David McCormick, James C. Justice | 134 | Nov 18, 2024 |
Money forwarded to candidates, involving current members
This money was not given by the committees named below. Each is a conduit: individual donors contributed and earmarked the money, and the conduit transmitted it to members' campaigns. It is kept out of the contributions ranking above because the donors are individuals, not these committees.
$28,998 from 5 political committees, involving 9 of the 20 current members, in the 2024 cycle. Every share below is a share of that amount and of no other kind of activity.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTBLUE C00401224 | $25,160 | 86.8% | 3 | Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, Ruben Gallego | 20 | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 2 | WINRED C00694323 | $3,838 | 13.2% | 6 | Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, James C. Justice, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 234 | Sep 9, 2024 |
| 3 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) C00009985 | $0 | 0.0% | 1 | Bill Cassidy | 4 | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 4 | REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) C00345132 | $0 | 0.0% | 1 | David McCormick | 2 | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 5 | VOTESANE PAC C00484535 | $0 | 0.0% | 1 | Bill Cassidy | 2 | Feb 13, 2023 |
Jointly raised money passed on to participants, involving current members
A joint fundraising committee raises money for several participants at once and passes each one its share. A transfer below is that split arriving at a member's campaign, not a committee choosing to fund that member, and it is never counted as a contribution.
$1,741,830 from 7 political committees, involving 5 of the 20 current members, in the 2024 cycle. Every share below is a share of that amount and of no other kind of activity.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM MCCORMICK C00852012 | $1,420,257 | 81.5% | 1 | David McCormick | 4 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 2 | JUSTICE VICTORY COMMITTEE C00841114 | $153,550 | 8.8% | 1 | James C. Justice | 7 | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 3 | SCHIFF(T) THE SENATE C00879619 | $72,500 | 4.2% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 2 | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 4 | 2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORY C00837435 | $52,950 | 3.0% | 3 | David McCormick, James C. Justice, John Barrasso | 9 | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 5 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE C00774703 | $34,481 | 2.0% | 1 | Tom Cotton | 2 | Mar 31, 2024 |
| 6 | SENATE PATH TO VICTORY 2024 C00874487 | $6,930 | 0.4% | 1 | David McCormick | 1 | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 7 | DEM SENATE VICTORY 2024 C00877969 | $1,162 | 0.1% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 1 | Aug 16, 2024 |
Independent spending supporting candidates, involving current members
Independent expenditures advocating for individual members. This spending was not coordinated with, received by, or controlled by any member's campaign, and it was certainly not received by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It is never added to what a member raised.
$58,466,627 from 76 political committees, involving 11 of the 20 current members, in the 2024 cycle. Every share below is a share of that amount and of no other kind of activity.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC C00849489 | $13,061,838 | 22.3% | 1 | David McCormick | 40 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| 2 | AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION C00687103 | $12,610,480 | 21.6% | 1 | David McCormick | 120 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| 3 | PROTECT PROGRESS C00848440 | $10,039,655 | 17.2% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 5 | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 4 | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS C00836221 | $3,025,544 | 5.2% | 1 | James C. Justice | 5 | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 5 | VOTEVETS C00418897 | $2,899,863 | 5.0% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 12 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| 6 | LCV VICTORY FUND C00486845 | $2,685,059 | 4.6% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 22 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| 7 | SOMOS PAC C00724203 | $1,959,400 | 3.4% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 18 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 8 | WINSENATE C00865444 | $1,796,753 | 3.1% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 14 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 9 | NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND C00053553 | $1,261,862 | 2.2% | 2 | David McCormick, James C. Justice | 30 | Oct 27, 2024 |
| 10 | CHC BOLD PAC C00365536 | $1,118,297 | 1.9% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 9 | Sep 18, 2024 |
Independent spending opposing candidates, involving current members
Independent expenditures advocating against individual members. This spending was not coordinated with, received by, or controlled by any member's campaign or by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Money spent against a member is not money that member raised, and the two are never combined.
$101,849,845 from 29 political committees, involving 5 of the 20 current members, in the 2024 cycle. Every share below is a share of that amount and of no other kind of activity.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WINSENATE C00865444 | $60,248,025 | 59.2% | 1 | David McCormick | 93 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| 2 | WIN IT BACK PAC C00844613 | $15,483,630 | 15.2% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 51 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| 3 | DSCC C00042366 | $10,518,408 | 10.3% | 1 | David McCormick | 37 | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 4 | ESAFUND C00489856 | $2,438,758 | 2.4% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 9 | Nov 3, 2024 |
| 5 | CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION C00487470 | $2,356,300 | 2.3% | 2 | James C. Justice, Ruben Gallego | 45 | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 6 | NRDC ACTION VOTES C00740225 | $2,010,000 | 2.0% | 1 | David McCormick | 7 | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 7 | LCV VICTORY FUND C00486845 | $2,002,066 | 2.0% | 1 | David McCormick | 12 | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 8 | JEFFERSON RISING C00769232 | $1,646,050 | 1.6% | 2 | Martin Heinrich, Ruben Gallego | 23 | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 9 | EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND) C00688655 | $1,000,022 | 1.0% | 1 | David McCormick | 1 | Oct 7, 2024 |
| 10 | MOMS FOR SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, INC. C00878520 | $794,215 | 0.8% | 1 | Ruben Gallego | 2 | Jun 5, 2024 |
Every political committee, one kind of activity at a time
The complete ranked list behind the sections above. Kinds are never merged into one table: a contribution a member received and an independent expenditure a member never received are not the same money, and a single ranking covering both would say they are.
| Rank | Political committee | Amount | Share | Current members involved | Which members | Transactions | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00064774 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 6 | Angus S. King, Jr., David McCormick, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 12 | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 177 | NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) C00091561 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 4 | Angus S. King, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 9 | Oct 4, 2024 |
| 178 | UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC C00164145 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 5 | Angus S. King, Jr., James C. Justice, John Hoeven, Martin Heinrich, Steve Daines | 8 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| 179 | THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00193631 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 9 | Angus S. King, Jr., Bill Cassidy, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David McCormick, John Barrasso, John Hoeven, Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich | 12 | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 180 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC C00196725 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 3 | John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono | 6 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| 181 | BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) C00281212 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 9 | Alex Padilla, Angus S. King, Jr., David McCormick, John Barrasso, John Hoeven, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Tom Cotton | 16 | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 182 | COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00312777 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 6 | Angus S. King, Jr., David McCormick, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 11 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 183 | RELX INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00345793 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 4 | Bill Cassidy, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Steve Daines | 7 | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 184 | DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00369751 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 4 | David McCormick, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Ron Wyden | 7 | Dec 9, 2024 |
| 185 | NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) C00480863 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 4 | David McCormick, James C. Justice, John Barrasso, John Hoeven | 7 | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 186 | CONSERVATIVES HARVESTING SUCCESS PAC C00678813 | $22,500 | 0.1% | 3 | David McCormick, James C. Justice, John Barrasso | 5 | Sep 15, 2024 |
| 187 | AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00009936 | $22,000 | 0.1% | 5 | Angus S. King, Jr., Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 9 | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 188 | TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00123612 | $22,000 | 0.1% | 10 | Angus S. King, Jr., Cindy Hyde-Smith, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, John Hoeven, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 15 | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 189 | FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC C00186064 | $22,000 | 0.1% | 4 | David McCormick, John Barrasso, John Hoeven, Steve Daines | 9 | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 190 | LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND C00252940 | $21,966 | 0.1% | 4 | Angus S. King, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego | 23 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 191 | WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00007948 | $21,500 | 0.1% | 5 | Angus S. King, Jr., Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Steve Daines | 8 | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 192 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC C00100321 | $21,500 | 0.1% | 7 | Alex Padilla, Angus S. King, Jr., Bill Cassidy, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ruben Gallego, Tom Cotton | 14 | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 193 | FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC. C00105338 | $21,500 | 0.1% | 7 | Alex Padilla, Angus S. King, Jr., Bill Cassidy, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Ruben Gallego, Steve Daines | 12 | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 194 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC C00411116 | $21,500 | 0.1% | 5 | Angus S. King, Jr., James E. Risch, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Tom Cotton | 7 | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 195 | TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. C00002881 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 3 | Angus S. King, Jr., John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich | 8 | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 196 | CITIGROUP INC. PAC - FEDERAL (CITI PAC - FEDERAL) C00008474 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 6 | David McCormick, John Barrasso, Martin Heinrich, Mike Lee, Steve Daines, Tom Cotton | 9 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| 197 | THE ESOP ASSOCIATION PAC C00196089 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 6 | Bill Cassidy, John Barrasso, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ron Wyden | 6 | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 198 | ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00267849 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 7 | John Barrasso, John Hoeven, John W. Hickenlooper, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ron Wyden, Ruben Gallego | 13 | Sep 5, 2024 |
| 199 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00293910 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 4 | Cindy Hyde-Smith, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, John Hoeven | 11 | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 200 | CUMMINS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIPAC) C00377952 | $21,000 | 0.1% | 11 | Angus S. King, Jr., Bill Cassidy, Catherine Cortez Masto, Cindy Hyde-Smith, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, Lisa Murkowski, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K. Hirono, Ron Wyden, Steve Daines | 19 | Jul 30, 2024 |
What these numbers mean
- The committee received none of this money
- A congressional committee is a body of the House or Senate. It has no bank account, no FEC registration, and no campaign. Everything on this page belongs to the campaigns of the individual people who currently sit on it, or was spent independently about one of them by an outside organization.
- A contribution is not an independent expenditure
- A contribution is money a political committee gave to a member's own campaign committee, which that campaign received and reported. An independent expenditure is money spent about a member without coordinating with them; no campaign received or controlled it. The FEC treats these as different activities, and they are never combined here.
- The cohort is the roster, and the roster changes
- These figures cover whoever sits on the committee as of the roster date in the header. A member joining or leaving changes the cohort and its fingerprint, which is why both are printed: a figure quoted from this page can be checked against the exact roster it came from.
- Cohorts overlap and must not be added
- Members serve on several committees at once. A member's receipts appear in the cohort of every committee they sit on, so adding cohort totals across committees would count the same campaign's money many times over. No page here does that.
- A member is counted once
- Some members hold more than one FEC candidate identity, usually after moving from the House to the Senate. Their campaign is counted once in these totals, exactly as it is on their own page, and duplicate membership records for one person are one seat on the roster.
- Missing is not zero
- A member with no verified FEC identity, no filings for the cycle, or a partially collected record is listed with that reason and left out of every total, ranking, and chart. Treating any of them as zero would understate the cohort and misrepresent the member.
- Where the money went is not why
- A ranking of committees whose money reached members of one congressional committee is a description of filings. It is not evidence of influence, coordination, an agreement, or a reason for any vote, and nothing here is scored, weighted, or ranked to imply one.
Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.