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August Pfluger (R) voted YEA hjres104-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 7333 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify a Bureau of Land Management rule that restricted coal leasing on 1.7 million acres in Montana, affecting Oil & Gas industry interests. Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) voted YEA on hjres104-119. Oil & Gas donors provided 19.2% of Pfluger's identifiable campaign funding ($0.82M, ranking first among their party), while Oil & Gas companies filed 7,333 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
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
HJRES104-119
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 81/100.