Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Representative · R-PA-8
OverviewMoney & Influence
21% of PAC money comes from industries Jr.'s committee regulates.
A significant share of funding is tied to this member's legislative authority.
$834K raised$328 avg donation48% from PA
Key Findings
52% of donations come from outside PA
More than half of funding comes from out-of-state donors.
21% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
64% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
No revolving door connections detected
No former staff were matched to registered lobbyists.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.'s office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Political is the largest PAC sector at $125K from 54 PACs.
Industry PACs
$363KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$174KHow much power this member brokers
Nepa Next Pac
Raised: $100KSpent: $102K
Nepa Next Pac
Raised: $73KSpent: $55K
Top Individual Donors
$2.2MNamed people writing checks
Bresnahan, Rob↗$58K
PA · Kuharchik Construction Llc · 42xPA · 6x
PA · Tfp Limited · 5x
FL · 4x
VA · 3x
Faust, Anne R↗$16K
PA · 5x
Jr.
Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
113
Economics and Public Finance
52
Energy
32
Armed Forces and National Security
31
Crime and Law Enforcement
24
Public Lands and Natural Resources
24
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.