Bruce Westerman

Representative · AR-4 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 6, 2015

Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)

Working relationships

How often this member works with colleagues across party lines, from bill sponsorships and recorded votes in this Congress. Bills are H.R., S., H.J.Res. and S.J.Res.; resolutions, post office namings, and Congressional Gold Medal and commemorative coin bills are left out. Independents are counted with the party they caucus with. These figures describe the public record; they do not measure effectiveness or ideology.

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Bruce Westerman

Representative · AR-4 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 6, 2015

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Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)

Working relationships

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

67%

6 of 9 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

11%

10 of 90 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

97%

On 468 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 456 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

12%

On 524 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 65 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Cliff BentzROR-22 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Andy BarrRKY-63 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Earl L. "Buddy" CarterRGA-12 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jennifer A. KiggansRVA-22 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Ann WagnerRMO-23 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Pete StauberRMN-80 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Glenn GrothmanRWI-62 of theirs · 2 of this member's
J. French HillRAR-22 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Doug LaMalfaRCA-1 · former2 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jimmy PanettaDCA-192 of theirs · 2 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Jimmy PanettaDCA-192 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jim CostaDCA-211 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jake AuchinclossDMA-42 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDWA-31 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Mike ThompsonDCA-41 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jared F. GoldenDME-2

Voting most alike

Contested roll calls (at least 10% of yea and nay votes on the losing side) on which both voted yea or nay, and how often they made the same choice. Colleagues who shared too few of these votes with this member are not ranked.

Most alike

Mike JohnsonRLA-499% · 426 of 429
Robert B. AderholtRAL-498% · 508 of 517
J. French HillRAR-298% · 509 of 519
Darrell IssaRCA-4898% · 509 of 519
Mark AlfordRMO-498% · 506 of 516

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (4). Furthest along first.

Passed the HouseH.R. 7613ALERT Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Sam Graves · original backers: 23 D, 25 R · passed the House Apr 14, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2709Save Our Sequoias Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Vince Fong · original backers: 12 D, 16 R · passed the House Mar 16, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 4776SPEED Act
Sponsor · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · passed the House Dec 18, 2025
Passed the HouseH.R. 471Fix Our Forests Act
Sponsor · original backers: 16 D, 28 R · passed the House Jan 23, 2025

Each member's party on each date comes from congress-legislators term records. Party-line votes are roll calls on which most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides; procedural votes are included. The Vice President's tie-breaking votes and impeachment verdicts are not counted, and a bill enacted as part of another bill counts only at the stage it reached on its own. Medians include everyone who served in the chamber this Congress with enough records (5 sponsored bills, 10 cosponsorships, 25 votes). Computed Oct 23, 2026, 11:51 AM ET from Congress.gov and House and Senate roll calls.

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

67%

6 of 9 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

11%

10 of 90 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

97%

On 468 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 456 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

12%

On 524 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 65 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Cliff BentzROR-22 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Andy BarrRKY-63 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Earl L. "Buddy" CarterRGA-12 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jennifer A. KiggansRVA-22 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Ann WagnerRMO-23 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Pete StauberRMN-80 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Glenn GrothmanRWI-62 of theirs · 2 of this member's
J. French HillRAR-22 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Doug LaMalfaRCA-1 · former2 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jimmy PanettaDCA-192 of theirs · 2 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Jimmy PanettaDCA-192 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jim CostaDCA-211 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Jake AuchinclossDMA-42 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDWA-31 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Mike ThompsonDCA-41 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Jared F. GoldenDME-2

Voting most alike

Most alike

Mike JohnsonRLA-499% · 426 of 429
Robert B. AderholtRAL-498% · 508 of 517
J. French HillRAR-298% · 509 of 519
Darrell IssaRCA-4898% · 509 of 519
Mark AlfordRMO-498% · 506 of 516

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (4). Furthest along first.

Passed the HouseH.R. 7613ALERT Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Sam Graves · original backers: 23 D, 25 R · passed the House Apr 14, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2709Save Our Sequoias Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Vince Fong · original backers: 12 D, 16 R · passed the House Mar 16, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 4776SPEED Act
Sponsor · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · passed the House Dec 18, 2025
Passed the HouseH.R. 471Fix Our Forests Act
Sponsor · original backers: 16 D, 28 R · passed the House Jan 23, 2025

Bruce Westerman

Working relationships

Bruce Westerman

Working relationships

Closest collaborators

All colleagues

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Closest collaborators

All colleagues

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Most alike among Democrats