Important: The score measures funding mix — not corruption. It reflects how much of a member's campaign money comes from organized/PAC sources versus individual donors. A high score means a large share of their money is non-individual. A low score means they are primarily funded by individual donors. It is not a legal or moral judgment.
What the score actually calculates
The score is based on the share of a member's money that comes from non-individual sources, not the raw dollar amount. The formula is:
A candidate who raised $20M with 99% from individuals scores far lower than one who raised $20M with only 50% from individuals, even though the dollar totals are identical. AIPAC money is counted as fully non-individual because it is verified PAC and independent-expenditure money, not employer-classified individual donations.
Why industry sectors don't directly add points
FEC and OpenSecrets sector totals (oil/gas, pharma, finance, tech, defense) are individual donations classified by the donor's employer — not corporate PAC checks. A donation from a person who works at a tech company counts as "tech" money even though it is an individual contribution. Those amounts are shown for transparency but do not directly inflate the score; their effect is captured through the individual-vs-PAC share.
Challengers
Brand-new candidates with no prior federal donation record get a manual editorial baseline. Challengers who are already sitting officials with a real donation record are scored by the standard formula on their federal campaign finance.
SCOTUS & Cabinet
Scores are set manually based on documented ethics disclosures, ProPublica reporting, confirmed gifts, and conflicts of interest. The funding formula does not apply.
FEC — Federal Election Commission campaign finance records
OpenSecrets — Career sector donation totals
TrackAIPAC.com — Verified AIPAC PAC contributions
ProPublica — SCOTUS financial disclosures
Congress.gov / GovTrack / Bioguide — Voting records, biographical data
Limitations
Career totals may not reflect recent changes in fundraising behavior
Some newer members have limited FEC records
Scores for members without donation data include editorial judgment
This formula is our own composite — not an official government rating
The Special Interest Money Score measures funding mix only — the share of campaign money from organized/PAC sources versus individual donors — not ethics, character, or ideology. It does not include super PAC or dark money spending, which is filed separately (FEC Schedule E) and shown as outside spending on member profiles. Ethics concerns, legal issues, and conflicts of interest are documented in each member's Controversies tab.
VERIFIED DATA · BLS · EIA · AAA · FREDDIE MAC · FED G.19 · EPIQ · US COURTS · FRED · NAHB · MAY 2026
Each diagram shows all 535 Congressional seats arranged in a hemicycle. Colored seats received donations from that industry. Gray seats have no recorded contributions from that source. Sources: TrackAIPAC.com, OpenSecrets, FEC filings.
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Challengers in Key 2026 Races
A curated set of non-incumbent candidates in highly competitive or closely watched federal races. These are challengers, not sitting members, so they have no voting record or committee assignments. Funding data is for the current (2026) cycle only.
47th Administration — President Donald J. Trump
Senate Legislation — 119th Congress
Top 20 Corporate Political Donors to Congress
Ranked by total political contributions in the 2024 election cycle. Includes PAC donations, employee contributions & outside spending. Source: OpenSecrets.org · FEC.gov
Sources: OpenSecrets.org · FEC.gov · Center for Responsive Politics · 2023–2024 cycle. Party split bars show approximate R/D recipient percentages.
U.S. Debt
Live counters from official U.S. government data ·
National debt +$83,720/sec (JEC, March 2026) ·
Credit card debt +$1,427/sec (Fed G.19)
US National Debt
+$83,720 per second · U.S. Treasury "Debt to the Penny"
Debt Per Taxpayer
National debt ÷ ~150.5M taxpayers · IRS / U.S. Treasury
Credit Card Debt
+$1,427 per second · Federal Reserve G.19 (Q4 2025)
CC Debt Per Holder
Total CC debt ÷ ~216M cardholders · TransUnion / Fed G.19
🚗 Auto Loan Debt
+$1,521 per second · NY Fed Q4 2025 ($1.667T)
🎓 Student Loan Debt
+$1,395 per second · Federal Reserve Q4 2025
🏠 Mortgage Debt
+$12,421 per second · NY Fed Q4 2025 ($13.17T)
🚗 Avg Auto Loan Per Borrower
Avg balance per borrower ~$24,297 · Experian Q4 2025
🎓 Avg Student Loan Per Borrower
Federal avg: $39,633 · Dept. of Education, Dec 2025
Baseline: U.S. Treasury "Debt to the Penny" April 1, 2026 = $39,000,264,506,637 ·
Rate: JEC Monthly Debt Update, March 2026 ($83,720/sec) ·
Credit card: Fed G.19 Q4 2025 ($1.324T) at ~3.4%/yr ·
Per taxpayer: national debt ÷ 150.5M IRS filers · CC per holder: total CC debt ÷ 163M cardholders · Auto/Student/Mortgage: NY Fed Q4 2025 baselines · Sources: NY Fed, Dept. of Education, Experian · CC per holder = CC debt ÷ 216M cardholders (Federal Reserve 2024 survey)
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$6,750,000,000,000
Total Spending
$4,920,000,000,000
Total Revenue
-$1,830,000,000,000
Deficit
124%
Debt to GDP
Where the Money Goes
Where the Money Comes From
How Tax Rates Have Changed by Income Group
Marginal income tax rate on the last dollar earned, by income group. All dollar amounts in 2024 purchasing power equivalent for apples-to-apples comparison. Rates verified against IRS Historical Tax Tables. Note: 1988 $150K group reflects 33% effective marginal rate due to Reagan's 5% surtax (applied to $43,150–$89,560 to recapture 15% bracket benefit). Sources: IRS, Tax Foundation, Tax Policy Center.
⚠ Capital Gains Rates Tell a Different Story
The ultra-wealthy primarily earn investment income (capital gains), not wages — so the top marginal rate rarely applies to them.
Long-term capital gains are taxed at just 23.8% today (20% + 3.8% investment surcharge), vs. 37% for wages.
In 2003, the Bush administration cut the capital gains rate from 20% to 15% — the lowest in modern history.
Warren Buffett has noted he pays a lower effective rate than his secretary.
25%
1960s cap gains
28%
1980s cap gains
15%
2003 Bush cut
23.8%
Today (after NIIT)
37%
Top wage rate today
KEY POLICY CHANGES
1981 Reagan ERTA: Top rate cut from 70% → 50%. Ultra-wealthy saved 20 points, middle class saw minimal change.
1986 Reagan TRA: Top rate slashed from 50% → 28%. Historic compression — all brackets converged to near-identical rates. The ultra-wealthy received a 42-point cut; $50K earners received a 2-point cut.
1993 Clinton OBRA: Top rate raised to 39.6% on income above $250K — only affected the highest earners. Middle class unchanged.
2003 Bush JGTRRA: Top rate cut to 35%. Capital gains cut to 15% — a massive benefit for investment income.
2017 Trump TCJA: Top rate cut to 37%. Raised threshold to $609K. $50K earners went 25% → 22%. Ultra-wealthy saved 2.6 points, middle class saved 3 points.
How Wealth Inequality Has Grown Over the Same Period
Two measures on one chart: Left axis — share of total U.S. household wealth held by each group.
Right axis — how many times more wealth the Top 1% holds compared to the entire Bottom 50% combined.
Sources: 1963–1983: Wolff (2017) / Lampman, cited in CBO & Brookings.
1989–2024: Federal Reserve Distributional Financial Accounts (DFA), official quarterly data.
TOP 1% WEALTH SHARE
23.5% → 30.5%
1979 (most equal) to 2024. Peaked at 36.7% in 2013 as stocks recovered while families lost homes.
MIDDLE 40% WEALTH SHARE
40.2% → 29.8%
1979 to 2024. Middle class (50th–90th percentile) lost over 10 points of national wealth in 45 years.
THE RATIO: TOP 1% vs BOTTOM 50%
6x → 41x → 12x
1979: top 1% had 6× more. 2013 peak: 41× more. Today: 12×. The 2013 spike = stocks surged, homes crashed.
0.9%
The bottom 50% of Americans held just 0.9% of all U.S. household wealth in 2013 — after the financial crisis wiped out the home equity that most working families held as their primary asset. Stocks (owned mostly by the wealthy) recovered within 2 years. Housing took a decade. This is why the ratio spiked to 41× in 2013.
The Connection to Tax Policy
Wealth inequality reached its most equal point in 1978–1980 — the same years top marginal rates were 70% and capital gains taxed as ordinary income.
After Reagan's 1981 and 1986 cuts slashed the top rate from 70% → 28%, and Bush's 2003 cuts reduced capital gains to 15%,
the wealthy invested tax savings into appreciating assets (stocks, real estate, private equity) — widening the gap each year.
The bottom 50% hold wages and home equity. The top 1% hold stocks, bonds, and businesses — assets that compound and are taxed at lower rates.
Sources: Congressional Budget Office (CBO) FY2025 Baseline · Office of Management & Budget (OMB) · U.S. Treasury · USASpending.gov
· Data reflects enacted FY2025 appropriations and mandatory spending estimates.
+53% vs 2020
Egg prices — dozen Grade A
$2.25
April 2026 · BLS / USDA
2020 · $1.47Peak Jan '25 · $4.95Now · $2.25
Eggs hit a record $4.95/dozen in Jan 2025 driven by bird flu wiping out 100M+ hens. Still 53% above 2020 prices despite the decline.
🕐 Updated: April 2026 · Source: BLS CPI
+37% since Jan 20 '25
Avg gas price — regular unleaded
$4.24
Jun 4, 2026 · AAA / EIA
Jun '22 peak · $5.01Jan 20 '25 · $3.10Now · $4.24
Gas crossed $4/gallon in April 2026, driven by Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure. Peaked at $4.56 on Memorial Day weekend before easing.
🕐 Updated: June 4, 2026 · Source: AAA
Peak 9.1% Jun '22
Inflation rate — CPI year-over-year
3.8%
April 2026 · BLS — Highest since May 2023
Jun '22 · 9.1%Jan '26 · 2.4%Apr '26 · 3.8%
Inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022. After falling to 2.4%, it jumped to 3.3% in March and 3.8% in April 2026 — the highest since May 2023 — driven by the Iran war energy shock. Gas prices rose 28.4% year-over-year.
🕐 Updated: April 2026 · Source: BLS CPI-U
+1.9% YoY
Grocery cost — food at home CPI
+25%
Since Jan 2021 · BLS cumulative
Jan '21 · baselinePeak '22-'23Now · +25%
Grocery prices rose 25% cumulatively since 2021. The annual rate is slowing to 1.9% — but prices are not returning to pre-inflation levels.
🕐 Updated: March 2026 · Source: BLS Food-at-Home CPI
2× higher than 2021
30-year fixed mortgage rate
6.48%
Jun 4, 2026 · Freddie Mac PMMS
2021 · 2.77%Peak Oct '23 · 7.79%Now · 6.48%
A buyer purchasing a $400K home in 2021 at 2.77% paid ~$1,640/month. The same home at 6.48% costs ~$2,520/month — $880 more every single month.
🕐 Updated: June 4, 2026 · Source: Freddie Mac PMMS
Was 12% in 2015
Avg credit card APR — all accounts
21.0%
Q1 2026 · Federal Reserve G.19 · Record high
2015 · 12%Pre-hikes · 14.5%Now · 21% record
Americans carry $1.28 trillion in credit card debt at a record 21% APR — the highest in the Fed's history of tracking this data. At this rate, a $7,000 balance costs ~$1,470/year in interest.
Year 1 (Jan '25-Jan '26): +13.3%, worst start to a presidency in 20 years. Since then the market has continued higher, bringing the running total to roughly +26% from inauguration through June 2026. Biden yr 1: +34%. Obama yr 1: +30%.
🕐 Updated: June 2026 · Source: MacroTrends / S&P Global
75% can't afford it
Home price-to-income ratio
5.08×
Feb 2026 · $414,900 median / $81,604 income
1985 · 3.5×2020 · 4.2×Now · 5.08×
74.9% of U.S. households cannot afford a median-priced new home. The recommended ratio is 2.6×. First-time buyer median age hit 40 in 2025 — up from 29 in 1981.
🕐 Updated: February 2026 · Source: NAHB / Census Bureau
+11% vs 2024
US bankruptcy filings — annual
565,759
CY 2025 · Epiq AACER / US Courts
Low '22 · 388k2024 · 509k2025 · 566k
Bankruptcies have risen every quarter since mid-2022. Chapter 7 individual filings are up 15%. February 2026 commercial Chapter 11 filings jumped 67% year-over-year.
🕐 Updated: Full Year 2025 · Source: Epiq AACER
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics · EIA · AAA · Freddie Mac PMMS · Federal Reserve G.19 · Epiq AACER · US Courts · FRED · NAHB
