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U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania 8th District
Robert P. Bresnahan
RepublicanDistrict R+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score80#18 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Robert P. Bresnahan’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1133 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3808
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 6 signals
- StrongBacks 17 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1269, H.R. 1340, H.R. 1461, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2004 and 12 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1269 Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1340 More Homes on the Market Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1461 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 521 Thorn Street in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the "Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole Post Office Building".
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Tyler’s Law
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMajority · 25th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- House Committee on Small BusinessMajority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Bresnahan← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.257 is 0.27 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress53House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1801–1850 of 1964 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 4791A bill to abolish the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 80 | Swing |
| S. 4814A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. |