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Bruce Westerman

U.S. Representative, AR-4

Republican Arkansas since Jan 3, 2025

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Issue areas

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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 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Yea Jul 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1919 — Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1717 — Communications Security Act Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 15, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1596 — Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1770 — Consumer Safety Technology Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1709 — Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 516 — Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California. Yea Jun 27, 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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