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Bruce Westerman (R) voted YEA hjres131-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (12%) with 12331 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution nullifies protections on 400,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reopening the area to Oil & Gas development. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) voted YEA on hjres131-119. Oil & Gas comprises 11.8% of Westerman's identifiable donor base ($0.72M, ranking #3 in his party), while Oil & Gas industry entities filed 12,331 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
OIL
Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $721K
12% of their funding
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Bruce Westerman
R-AR · House
acted on
12,331 sector filings
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BILL
HJRES131-119
they voted YEA
12%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$721K
from Oil & Gas
#3
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 272)
12,331
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 27, 2026 · internal signal score 81/100.