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Bruce Westerman (R) voted YEA hjres131-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (12%) with 7333 active lobbying filings
This bill nullifies a 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule that restricted oil and gas leasing in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, restoring acreage for potential development. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) voted YEA on hjres131-119. Oil & Gas ranks as Westerman's third-largest donor industry at 11.8% of identifiable contributions ($690,000), while Oil & Gas companies filed 7,333 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
OIL
Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $685K
12% of their funding
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Bruce Westerman
R-AR · House
acted on
7,333 sector filings
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BILL
HJRES131-119
they voted YEA
12%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$685K
from Oil & Gas
#3
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 Bruce Westerman →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 81/100.