Robert P. Bresnahan
Republican
· PA-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Workforce Development · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management
Influence Score
58.0
Moderately exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
4.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,217,994
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10,029,508
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
< 0.1
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
7.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$13,346 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.56M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $53K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$4,947,305
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$39,000
Total from all networks
$1,751,842
Networks contributing
394
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Who funds Bresnahan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
2.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.4%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
BLOOMBERG
$13.06M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.15M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.13M
HOMEMAKER
$7.11M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.67M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.05M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.04M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
ARVEST BANK
$5.05M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.02M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
WALTON
$5.00M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$4.07M
SIMONS
$3.55M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.30M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.22M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Robert P. Bresnahan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11.25M
Disclosed outside spending
$10.71M
Dark-money outside spending
$544K
Share that is dark money
4.83%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$237
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$6.47M
DCCC
$2.89M
SLF PAC
$549K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$544K
VPP
$390K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$250K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$59K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$38K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$34K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$12K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$9K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$7K
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$2K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$237
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$237
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.47M to Robert P. Bresnahan across 169 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.47M
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
169
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25 | 53 | $392K |
| 2026 | 71 | 116 | $1.08M |
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Robert P. Bresnahan sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required