Institutional context
This member's profile: MODERATE — 0.5% of PAC dollars from tagged committees; 100% on pinned Israel/aid votes since 2024.
Rep. TX-16
PAC dependency
0.5%
Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).
Tagged / total PAC
$3,525 / $668,042
Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio — every line links to FEC.
Peer context
More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 31% of House colleagues.
Score rule: influence_formula_v1
Margin test
Tagged PAC $3,525 · 2024 general margin 42,110 votes (0.08×)
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives →Post–Oct 7 delta
PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).
0.3%
Pre–Oct 7
0.7%
Post–Oct 7
+0.4pp
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/E000299.svg
Influence Mixer
Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Veronica Escobar. Facts do not change — only the formula mix.
Live composite
48
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 →