Janelle S. Bynum
Representative · D-OR-5
OverviewMoney & Influence
73% of Bynum's money comes from outside OR.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$745K raised$426 avg donation27% from OR2 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
73% of donations come from outside OR
A supermajority of Janelle S. Bynum's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
2 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
51% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
Low committee-donor overlap
PAC funding shows minimal connection to industries regulated by this member's committee.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Janelle S. Bynum's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Top individual donor: Sakitt, Rita from NY ($17K). Finance is the largest PAC sector at $75K from 48 PACs.
Industry PACs
$258KWhich sectors fund this member
Top Individual Donors
$5.9MNamed people writing checks
Sakitt, Rita↗$17K
NY · Not Employed · 4xGabbert, Martha↗$17K
MN · Not Employed · 6xChapman, Matt↗$17K
OR · Not Employed · 6xQuillin, Robert↗$16K
OR · Not Employed · 5xMarkovich, Paul↗$14K
CA · Blue Shield Of California · 3xNY · Author · 4x
Bynum
Financial Services
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
113
Economics and Public Finance
52
Energy
32
Armed Forces and National Security
31
Crime and Law Enforcement
24
Public Lands and Natural Resources
24
The Revolving Door
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.