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Bruce Westerman (R) voted YEA hjres140-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (12%) with 15801 active lobbying filings
This bill (hjres140-119) would nullify protections on 225,504 acres of Minnesota National Forest lands, allowing Oil & Gas companies to lease them for mineral and geothermal exploration. Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR) voted YEA on hjres140-119. Oil & Gas donors represent 11.8% of Westerman's identifiable donor base ($0.72M, ranking #3 among his party), and Oil & Gas companies filed 15,801 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
OIL
Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $721K
12% of their funding
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Bruce Westerman
R-AR · House
acted on
15,801 sector filings
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BILL
HJRES140-119
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)
15,801
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 August 2, 2026 · internal signal score 82/100.