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Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
U.S. Representative, PA-8
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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
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, PA-8 current
Pennsylvania |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Small Business unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Small Business — Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Small Business — Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Aviation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and Transit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.256, social dim. 0.014. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Feb 27, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 695 — Medal of Honor Act | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 804 — Rural Small Business Resilience Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 788 — DOE and SBA Research Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 818 — SPUR Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 825 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 35 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act | Yea | Feb 13, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Yea | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Nay | Feb 12, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 692 — China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act | Yea | Feb 7, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,312 recorded contributions totalling $30,033,636. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 777 of 1312 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super PAC | 281 | $18,339,065 | 61% |
| Party | 32 | $7,082,601 | 24% |
| Big donor | 419 | $2,638,984 | 9% |
| Corporate PAC | 45 | $847,320 | 3% |
| Unclassified | 535 | $1,125,665 | 4% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $924,871 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $924,871 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 18, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $919,996 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 11, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $919,996 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $919,996 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $824,112 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $824,112 | — | HMP | Super PAC | Oct 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $632,202 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $632,202 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $615,640 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $615,640 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $615,640 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $566,453 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 12, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $566,453 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 12, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $566,453 | — | DCCC | Party | Sep 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)
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HR 9262
US · Jun 11, 2026
To protect the authority of local governments to make zoning decisions regarding data center development, and to require community benefit agreements as a…
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HRES 1302
US · May 19, 2026
Designating May 2026 as "National Electrical Safety Month" in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of "National Electrical Safety Month" to…
Social media
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