Bruce Westerman
Republican
· AR-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources (Chair) · and Public Lands · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
56.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.8
vs 118th (60.6)
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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
7.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$272,702
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.9
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 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
4.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,256 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$83 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $32.57M 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 — $65K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 37.8 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 38.3 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 56.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$120,000
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$60,000
Total from all networks
$3,063,610
Networks contributing
435
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Who funds Westerman
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
92.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
7
Money that arrived near votes
$12K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
0.74%
Biggest clusters of timed money
SEWELL DRILLING
$3K
IHI POWER GENERATION
$2K
MURPHY PETROLEUM
$2K
CONOCOPHILLIPS
$1K
DEDICATED LOGISTICS
$1K
FEDEX
$1K
SHULER DRILLING
$1K
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MEWBOURNE OIL
$30K
MEWBOURNE OIL
$27K
PERMIAN RESOURCES
$24K
FLYWHEEL ENERGY
$19K
MURPHY OIL
$19K
ARENA ENERGY
$16K
MURPHY OIL
$16K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$14K
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS
$14K
SIERRA PACIFIC IND
$14K
PAFFORD MEDICAL SERVICES
$13K
PAFFORD EMS
$13K
LEDWELL SON
$12K
ARENA ENERGY
$12K
CITIZENS 1ST BANK
$12K
JAMES
$12K
PERMIAN RESOURCES
$11K
THE WINROCK
$10K
RYAN
$10K
FLYWHEEL ENERGY
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bruce Westerman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$110K
Disclosed outside spending
$92K
Dark-money outside spending
$18K
Share that is dark money
16.39%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
POLICE AND TROOPER SUPPORT PAC
$235K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$36K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
24 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $278K to Bruce Westerman across 35 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$278K
Shared contributors
24
Contributions
35
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 19 | $254K |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | $22K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Bruce Westerman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM LAYDEN | Dep Staff Dir, House Cmte on Nat Resources, 12/2020-12/2022; Sr Leg Asst, Ofc of… | AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| MICHAEL LAMBERT | Senior Legislative Assistant Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) | ITG BRANDS, LLC (FORMERLY FONTEM US, INC.) | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| EMILY MACE | Intern, Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-4); Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Rep. Bruce… | ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| NICHOLAS LISOWSKI | Congressman Bruce Westerman (Legislative Assistant) Congressman Buddy Carter (He… | TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Bruce Westerman 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