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August Pfluger (R) voted YEA hjres140-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 7333 active lobbying filings
This bill would overturn federal protections on 225,504 acres of Minnesota National Forest land, allowing Oil & Gas mineral and geothermal leasing in the region. Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) voted YEA on hjres140-119. Oil & Gas comprises 19.2% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.82M, ranking first among their party), while Oil & Gas companies filed 7,333 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
OIL
Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $822K
19% of their funding
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August Pfluger
R-TX · House
acted on
7,333 sector filings
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BILL
HJRES140-119
they voted YEA
19%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$822K
from Oil & Gas
#1
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 271)
7,333
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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◈ Ask the Analyst about August Pfluger →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated July 6, 2026 · internal signal score 83/100.