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U.S. Representative — Pennsylvania's 8th District

Robert Bresnahan

Republican · Pennsylvania

Republican U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (20 on record)

  • H.R.9502 — Protect Seniors and Veterans from Health Care Fraud Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 29, 2026)
  • H.R.9262 — Local Control Protection Act (Introduced, 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, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.7488 — CFTC Office of the Chief Economist Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 11, 2026)
  • H.R.6934 — National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Act (Introduced, Dec 30, 2025)
  • H.R.6075 — Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
  • H.R.6022 — Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act (Introduced, Nov 12, 2025)
    Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to design and designate the Green Star Service Flag to identify next of kin of veterans who died of suicide on or after September 11, 2001. An individual who is next of kin of such a…
  • H.R.5905 — Helping Our Heroes Act (Introduced, Nov 4, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9937 — No Leniency for Fentanyl Dealers Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.6610 — Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act] (Reported, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8880 — Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.6130 — ASAP Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.2850 — Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
  • H.R.2348 — Brake for Kids Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
  • H.R.1085 — CARGO Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
  • H.R.4733 — Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Robert Bresnahan's crossings arrive as a package that another Republican on this site made identically: he voted for a faster labour contracts act, for both rule resolutions that carried it to the floor, and for a Ukraine support act — four votes, all against his conference, all matched by an Ohio member whose page is also here.

Two freshmen and second-termers from different states arriving at the same four departures suggests something coordinated or something structural. This data cannot distinguish between them, and it is more useful to record the match than to guess at it.

6.4%
Votes against the Republican majority
218
Roll calls where a party majority formed
61 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
The 10 most recent of 14 roll calls where Robert Bresnahan voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 276		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 245		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.5408
Faster Labor Contracts Act
On Passage · roll call 216		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.Res.1140
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 215		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.Res.1140
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act
On Motion to Discharge · roll call 212		Jun 9, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2913
Ukraine Support Act
On Passage · roll call 207		Jun 4, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8646
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
On Passage · roll call 205		Jun 4, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151		Apr 30, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 149		Apr 30, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)

Below his own delegation

Pennsylvania's House Republicans carry a high group average, and despite fourteen departures he sits under it. That is the same lesson several pages on this site have now delivered: the count and the rate answer different questions, and only the second one is a comparison.

Among the 10 Republicans in the Pennsylvania delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.5%. Robert Bresnahan is below that average at 6.4%.

Water and flood insurance

Two of his filings concern water — an infrastructure modernisation, and affordability in the national flood insurance programme. Flood insurance is a recurring congressional problem precisely because the premiums that would cover the risk are not the premiums people can pay. The remaining bills address health care fraud against seniors and veterans, local control, and an economist's office at a commodities regulator.

21
Bills sponsored
300
Bills cosponsored

Of the 20 most recent of those, 20 currently sit at Introduced.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Robert Bresnahan's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (3), Taxation (3), Finance and Financial Sector (2), Water Resources Development (2), Agriculture and Food (1), Commerce (1).

Tenure and attendance

First term, no committee leadership post recorded, and few votes missed.

First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. Robert Bresnahan falls in the freshman cohort.

0.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Robert Bresnahan has 21 bills sponsored, 300 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Small Business
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
  • House Committee on Small Business: Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
  • House Committee on Small Business: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Aviation
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit

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