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US House of Representatives

Total Donated

$4,296,168

Contributions

8,161

Unique Donors

349

Top Employer

US House of Representatives

Filers who listed US House of Representatives as employer or occupation on federal itemized receipts account for $4.3M ($4,296,168) on FEC.gov. The cluster holds 8,161 contributions and 349 donors. The string is chamber text as typed—staff, members, or others using that employer line—not a NAICS public-administration code and not a House institutional account.

Key figures

  • US House of Representatives as FEC employer text totals $4.3M ($4,296,168) from 349 donors.
  • 8,161 contribution lines sit under that chamber string.
  • US SENATE and FEDERAL GOVERNMENT are separate FEC keys.
  • The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or House PAC total.

Chamber employer text, not House appropriations

Three hundred forty-nine unique donors produced 8,161 contributions totaling $4,296,168. About 23 itemized gifts per person and a mean gift near $526 describe the arithmetic on the packet. Official House funds, the Members’ Representational Allowance, and the House itself are not the payor in this rollup. FEC individual itemizations record what the contributor listed as employer. These rows are the self-reported US House of Representatives string plus itemized amounts.

Top employer matches US House of Representatives. “U.S. House,” “House of Representatives,” and office-of-representative strings can exist as other keys. They are not inside $4,296,168 unless they matched this exact label. LobbyVault does not recode punctuation or “U.S.” versus “US” into one chamber total.

Who can appear among 349 donors

Staff, members listing the chamber as employer, spouses using the same shorthand, and former staff who still write the old employer can all land in the cluster. The FEC does not certify current payroll. Unique-donor count is matching text, not a headcount of 435 voting members or of personal-office staff.

Occupation fields such as legislative assistant, representative, or chief of staff are a separate cut. Use occupation breakdowns for titles. This page stays on the US House of Representatives industry key. Mean per donor is about $12,310 from $4,296,168 divided by 349 people.

Full analysis: US House of Representatives money in federal elections

Questions

How much have US House of Representatives-listed donors given federally?
LobbyVault attributes $4,296,168 to the US House of Representatives employer string, from 8,161 contributions and 349 donors. These are itemized individual receipts on FEC.gov, not House official funds and not a NAICS public-administration total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is this the House’s own campaign account?
No. The $4.3M total is contributor disclosures that listed US House of Representatives as employer or occupation. Official House accounts and the Members’ Representational Allowance are not the payor. The FEC field records what filers typed, not an institutional budget line. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Does this include Senate staff?
No. US SENATE is a separate grouped string with its own page. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text US House of Representatives. Staff who typed only FEDERAL GOVERNMENT sit in that generic row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed US House of Representatives?
The rollup counts 349 donors and 8,161 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount of the House. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Industry ties

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

US House of Representatives political contributions by election cycle.
CycleTotalContributionsDonors
1980$95032
1982$1,00021
1984$1,00021
1988$50011
1990$50011
1992$50011
1996$75031
1998$2,80061
2000$1,95051
2004$50011
2006$50011
2008$25011

Top Donors

Top US House of Representatives donors ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupationHistory
1MOLLOY, JAMES T$7502LAUREL, MD1980
2DONLIN, ANMARIE MS$5001CHEVY CHASEMD, MD1980
3HARDING, KENNETH R HON$5001FALLS CHURCH, VA1980
4HENSHAW, EDMUND L JR HON$5001VIENNA, VA1980
5ANDERSON, DONNALD K MR$2001WASHINGTON, DC1980
6MOLLOY, JAMES T MR$2001LAUREL, MD1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received US House of Representatives donations.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DINNER COMMITTEEC00000182$2,4503
2DCCCC00000935$2,0003
3ROBB FOR THE SENATEC00221242$1,0002
4MANTON FOR CONGRESS INCC00188508$8002
5SPRATT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00155796$7002
6HOLLINGS FOR SENATEC00028332$5002
7RANGEL FOR CONGRESSC00302422$5002
8BAESLER FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00328690$5002
9RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUNDC00344648$5002
10FRIENDS OF HILLARYC00358895$5002
11BUILDING FOUNDATIONS & LANDMARK OPPORTUNITIES PAC (BFLO PAC)C00401034$5002
12PAT ROBERTS FOR US SENATE INCC00128876$2502
13FRIENDS OF JERRY KLECZKAC00174052$2502
14EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEC00190876$2502
15TIPPERARY HILL PACC00225623$2502
16HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569$2502