Richard McCormick
Representative · R-GA-7
OverviewMoney & Influence
$455K raised.
Here's where it came from and where it went.
$455K raised$1189 avg donation56% from GA2 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
2 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
11% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
68% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
56% of donations come from GA
The majority of funding comes from within the member's home state.
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 — Richard McCormick'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.
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.
07
🗳️
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: Long, Charles from TX ($34K). Transportation is the largest PAC sector at $131K from 42 PACs.
Industry PACs
$374KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$421KHow much power this member brokers
Old Breed Pac
Raised: $129KSpent: $117K
Old Breed Pac
Raised: $199KSpent: $150K
Old Breed Pac
Raised: $74KSpent: $69K
Old Breed Pac, Inc.
Raised: $2Spent: $2K
Old Breed Pac, Inc.
Raised: $19KSpent: $17K
Top Individual Donors
$1.3MNamed people writing checks
Long, Charles↗$34K
TX · Reliable Paving · 2xAuerbach, Lorna↗$18K
CA · Auerbach Commercial Realty Co. · 3xLong, Charles↗$16K
TX · 1xHamilton, Anne↗$13K
GA · Thornbriar Capital Llc · 2xDaniel, Marvin↗$11K
GA · Founder And Chairman · 2xFL · Cross Potomac Consulting · 9x
McCormick
Armed Services, Science, Space, and Technology
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
319
Congress
280
Armed Forces and National Security
154
Energy
139
International Affairs
135
Government Operations and Politics
88
The Revolving Door
Catherine B. Hayes — shared employee → American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons; American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons↗(14 filings)
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.