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Bruce Westerman

U.S. Representative, AR-4

Republican Arkansas since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, AR-4 current
Arkansas
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.544, social dim. 0.260. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1366 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1366 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3492 — Protect Children’s Innocence Act Yea Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3492 — Protect Children’s Innocence Act Nay Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6703 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act Yea Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6703 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act Nay Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3616 — Reliable Power Act Yea Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 64 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. Nay Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 61 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with… Nay Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 953 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the… Yea Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 953 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the… Not voting Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3632 — Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 Yea Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3632 — Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 Nay Dec 16, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4371 — Kayla Hamilton Act Yea Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4371 — Kayla Hamilton Act Nay Dec 16, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 951 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions… Yea Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 951 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions… Yea Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3187 — To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other… Yea Dec 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 284 — Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act Yea Dec 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,003 recorded contributions totalling $2,693,715. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 225 of 1003 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 207 $611,884 23%
Corporate PAC 15 $294,721 11%
Super PAC 3 $1,283 0%
Unclassified 778 $1,785,828 66%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$62,346 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$59,875 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$48,963 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,392 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,330 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,395 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,854 SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jan 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,843 SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Apr 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,300 PUEBLO OF LAGUNA WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$7,831 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,814 SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Oct 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,672 SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 2, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,159 WESTERMAN VICTORY FUND WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 PATTERSON, CARY WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Big donor Aug 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 SINGER, PAUL WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS Big donor Jun 12, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

  • HR 9250 US · Jun 10, 2026
    To modernize and maintain the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the…
  • HR 8840 US · May 14, 2026
    To address the high costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the United States, and for other purposes.

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