Representative · Pennsylvania's 8th district
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. is a Republican representative for Pennsylvania's 8th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 6, and cast 433 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2025
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027

Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressHouse of Representatives | 675 | 0.9%6 of 675 · rank 327 of 439 | 92%433 of 469 · rank 404 of 439 | 220 became law | 41%129 of 318 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
- Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
- Jun 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–193· Against party
- Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 226–195· Against party
- Jun 4, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 213–210· Against party
- May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 187–239· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
22 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced1986%
- Passed one chamber314%
Policy areas
- Armed Forces and National Security4
- Taxation3
- Agriculture and Food2
- Commerce2
- Finance and Financial Sector2
- Government Operations and Politics2
- Water Resources Development2
- Congress1
Latest activity
- H.R. 10328 Badge-to-Business ActIntroduced· Commerce· Sep 10, 2026
- H.R. 10224 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC Edward Kuhn Memorial Post Office".Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 2, 2026
- H.R. 9502 Protect Seniors and Veterans from Health Care Fraud Act of 2026Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 30, 2026
- H.R. 9262 Local Control Protection ActIntroduced· Taxation· Jun 11, 2026
- H.Res. 1302 Designating May 2026 as "National Electrical Safety Month" in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of "National Electrical Safety Month" to raise awareness of electrical hazards in homes, schools, and workplaces and the action citizens can take to protect against electrically related hazards.Introduced· Energy· May 19, 2026
- H.R. 7488 CFTC Office of the Chief Economist Act of 2026Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Mar 20, 2026
- H.R. 4782 Local Farmers Feeding our Communities ActIntroduced· Agriculture and Food· Jan 13, 2026
- H.R. 6934 National Flood Insurance Program Affordability ActIntroduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Dec 30, 2025
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Pennsylvania's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $830.2M
- Per resident
- $1,083
- Rank in Pennsylvania
- 5 of 17
- Contract actions
- 10K
- New awards: 9,094
By fiscal year
- 990.8MFY2017
- 856.2MFY2018
- 629.4MFY2019
- 594.5MFY2020
- 657.1MFY2021
- 602.9MFY2022
- 1.3BFY2023
- 1.1BFY2024
- 1.1BFY2025
- 830.2MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Army$627.6M76%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$54.5M6.6%
- Defense Logistics Agency$39.6M4.8%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$33M4.0%Department of Defense
- Department of Labor
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Air Force$14.5M1.7%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$6.9M0.8%General Services Administration
Top recipients
- GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC$536.9M65%28 awards
- GENTEX CORPORATION$41.3M5.0%176 awards
- SANOFI VACCINES US INC.$29.8M3.6%129 awards
- NAMMO POCAL INC$25.9M3.1%8 awards
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$24.5M3.0%31 awards
- FDCD II JOINT VENTURE, LLC$22.3M2.7%2 awards
- ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$20M2.4%1 award
- TRUESTONE, LLC$20M2.4%1 award
- WGL ENERGY SERVICES, INC.$7M0.8%3 awards
- 73 awards
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $5.2M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $2.6M
- From committees
- $1.5M
- 380 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $149.5K
- 37 PACs · 10% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bentley systems, incorporatedbentley systems, incorporated federal pac | $24.5K | BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization | $11.7M |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $12.5K | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| ball corporationball corporation political action committee | $10K | BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family | -$182.3K |
| pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i | $10K | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization | $4.8M |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $7,500 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $6,500 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| pride mobility products corppride mobility products corp pac | $6,000 | PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| google llcgoogle llc netpac | $6,000 | GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization | $9.1M |
| motorola solutions, inc.motorola solutions, inc. political action committee | $5,500 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $165.2M |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $5,000 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.2M | $1.5M | $149.5K37 PACs · 10% of committee money |
| 2024 | $4.5M | $668K | $25.5K12 PACs · 4% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Pennsylvania's 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- bresnahan.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-5546
- Office
- 1133 Longworth House Office Building
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.