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Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.

U.S. Representative, PA-8

Republican Pennsylvania 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, PA-8 current
Pennsylvania
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
S 2503 — ROTOR Act Yea Feb 24, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6329 — Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025 Yea Feb 24, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2189 — Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act Yea Feb 12, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 Nay Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 72 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025. Nay Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act Nay Feb 11, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes… Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes… Yea Feb 11, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and… Yea Feb 10, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and… Yea Feb 10, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1531 — PROTECT Taiwan Act Yea Feb 9, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Feb 9, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… Yea Feb 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act Yea Feb 4, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act Nay Feb 4, 2026 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year… Yea Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year… Yea Feb 3, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3123 — Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act Yea Feb 2, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 980 — Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025 Yea Feb 2, 2026 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 68 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. Nay Jan 22, 2026 Failed 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
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

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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)

  • 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…
  • 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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