Institutional context
This member's profile: HIGH — 0.2% of PAC dollars from tagged committees; 22.2% on pinned Israel/aid votes since 2024.
Sen. TX
PAC dependency
0.2%
Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).
Tagged / total PAC
$31,717 / $16,378,346
Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio — every line links to FEC.
Peer context
More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 70% of Senate colleagues.
| Tagged committee | FEC ID | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC | C00797670 | $24,717 | Receipts · Committee |
| NORPAC | C00247403 | $7,000 | Receipts · Committee |
Score rule: influence_formula_v1
Post–Oct 7 delta
PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).
2.1%
Pre–Oct 7
0.1%
Post–Oct 7
-2.0pp
Change
Influence stack
Default ON: direct PAC + documented IE. LDA and FARA live in separate sections — we never merge buckets.
Direct PACOn
Objective
FEC committee → candidate contributions (PAS2 bulk). Default ON.
LDA lobbying
Fuzzy match
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings — confidence-scored member links. Separate bucket.
FARA foreign gov
Separate tab
Foreign-agent registration spend — never merged with domestic PAC totals.
Screenshot-ready receipt — OG image at /share/C001098.svg
Influence Mixer
Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Ted Cruz. Facts do not change — only the formula mix.
Live composite
63
Fuzzy overlap from lda.gov filing text — separate legal bucket from PAC $. Not LD-203 conduit data.
Severity is an editorial composite from public records.See the math →