THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Pfluger's $4.4 million fundraising profile relies more heavily on individual donors (62%) than PACs and committees (38%), with employed individual donors concentrated in oil and gas, legal services, and health care sectors. Industry-tied contributions show significant exposure to energy interests, with oil and gas accounting for 21% of industry money, followed by lawyers and lobbyists at 9% and health services at 8%, while agriculture and telecommunications each represent 6-7% of industry funding. The congressman has filed 16 stock trades under the STOCK Act across 336 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$4.4M▲ 7% in ’24 vs ’22#111 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share21%Oil & Gas
Donor-sector votes22on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Pfluger (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Pfluger voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 22 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Pfluger's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$187K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
2$158K
AMERICAN BATTLEGROUND FUND
PAC
3$71K
TEXAS STATE BANK
corporation
4$39K
SHANNON CLINIC
employees
5$30K
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap89%
August Pfluger (R) sponsored hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 12331 active lobbying filings
The bill hjres35-119 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 this resolution. Oil & Gas represents 19.0% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.83M, ranking #1 in their party), and Oil & Gas entities filed 12,331 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment88%
August Pfluger (R) is primary sponsor of Oil & Gas bill hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is a top donor industry (19%)
The bill hjres35-119 would nullify an EPA rule requiring Oil & Gas companies to pay annual charges on methane emissions exceeding specified thresholds. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced this bill. Oil & Gas represents 19.0% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.83M), ranking first among their party's 272 members in donor concentration from this industry.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap83%
August Pfluger (R) voted YEA hjres140-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 12331 active lobbying filings
This bill (hjres140-119) would nullify protections on 225,504 acres of Minnesota National Forest lands, opening them to Oil & Gas mineral and geothermal leasing. Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) voted YEA on hjres140-119. Oil & Gas represents 19.0% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.83M, ranking #1 in their party), while Oil & Gas companies filed 12,331 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Homeland Security
Energy and Commerce
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