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August Pfluger (R) sponsored hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 17042 active lobbying filings
House Joint Resolution 35 would nullify an EPA rule requiring Oil & Gas companies to pay annual charges on methane emissions exceeding specified thresholds. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) is the primary sponsor of hjres35-119. Oil & Gas ranks as Pfluger's largest donor industry at 18.9% of identifiable contributions ($0.83M), while Oil & Gas entities filed 17,042 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
OIL
Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $829K
19% of their funding
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August Pfluger
R-TX · House
sponsored
17,042 sector filings
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BILL
HJRES35-119
their bill
19%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$829K
from Oil & Gas
#1
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 272)
17,042
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 September 10, 2026 · internal signal score 89/100.