[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Ted Lieu

Democratic · Representative, CA ·36

Ted Lieu is the Democratic U.S. Representative (CA's 36th congressional district). The platform has 7 voting records on file (2023-2025) and 46 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components

61 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

56 → 11

Donor Influence 15%

52 → 8

Silence Risk 25%

69 → 17

Contradiction Risk 25%

69 → 17

Intelligence Volume 15%

55 → 8

Constituency Deviation 0%

20 → 0

Voting Misalignment 0%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Non-English primary language — Spanish households: 75,149

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 23.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population Hispanic: 16.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population Asian (Non-Hispanic): 18.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White (Non-Hispanic): 55.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median home value: $1,538,700

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 44.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): 67.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate (2024): 5.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2024): $130,594

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 36 (2024) — Increased Penalties for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes (2024) — passed, margin 68.4% yes – 31.6% no (statewide)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 3 (2024) — Constitutional Right to Marriage (repeal Proposition 8) (2024) — passed, margin 62.6% yes – 37.4% no (statewide)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 1 (2024) — Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (2024) — passed, margin 50.2% yes – 49.8% no (statewide)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 72 - Accommodation and Food Services (share 0.08)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.09)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 51 - Information (share 0.09)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Google / YouTube (Playa Vista campus) (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: SpaceX (Hawthorne) (10000 employees)

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AIPAC / United Democracy Project donor AIPAC was Lieu's top contributor in 2023-2024 ($44,987; $34,987 individuals, $10,000 PAC). Al Bawaba reported total AIPAC-linked donations of $315,955.

YouTube employment Google/YouTube (Playa Vista campus) is a top employer in Lieu's district (3,000 employees).

Rashida Tlaib legislative_alignment Lieu voted against censuring Tlaib (H.Res. 845) and against declaring her slogan antisemitic (H.Res. 883), placing him with the progressive wing.

Donald Trump competitor Lieu called H.R. 1 'Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill,' voted against it, and criticized it as giving tax breaks to billionaires.

Google employment Google/YouTube (Playa Vista campus) is a top employer in Lieu's district (3,000 employees).

SpaceX employment SpaceX (Hawthorne) is a top employer in Lieu's district (10,000 employees).

United Food And Commercial Workers donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C70003645/

International Union Of Operating Engineers PAC donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C70002118/

Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States Political Action Committee (Mckinsey PAC) donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00908228/

American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC donor $10,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/

Asian American Forward donor $10,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00758078/

East West Bancorp Inc PAC donor $6,600 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00725184/

Transdigm Group Inc. Employee Political Action Committee donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00714329/

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC) donor $6,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00709816/

Democracy Summer Leadership PAC donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00664318/

Bmi Political Action Committee donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00653188/

Academy Of Rail Labor Attorneys Political Action Committee donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00636753/

White Coat Waste PAC donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00632760/

Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions (Scai) PAC donor $5,000 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00519371/

Aspire PAC donor $7,500 to Ted Lieu's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00506907/

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood…	Nay	2026-09-16	unknown
Ratepayer Protection Act	Yea	2026-09-16	unknown
Water Resources Development Act	Yea	2026-09-16	unknown
PROOF Act	Nay	2026-09-16	unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	Nay	2026-09-16	unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	Yea	2026-09-16	unknown
Retire through Ownership Act	Yea	2026-09-16	unknown
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers…	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing…	Nay	2026-09-15	unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
GUARD Act	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes…	Present	2026-09-15	unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	Nay	2026-09-15	unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing…	Nay	2026-09-15	unknown
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in…	Yea	2026-09-15	unknown
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act	Yea	2026-09-14	unknown
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act	Yea	2026-09-14	unknown
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act	Nay	2026-09-03	unknown
Protecting Domestic Mining Act	Nay	2026-09-02	unknown
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require…	Nay	2026-09-02	unknown
Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms…	Nay	2026-09-01	unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period…	Nay	2026-09-01	unknown
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards	Yea	2026-09-01	unknown
AGOA Extension Act	Yea	2026-09-01	unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period…	Yea	2026-09-01	unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R…	Nay	2026-09-01	unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R…	Nay	2026-09-01	unknown
Local Access to Courts Act	Yea	2026-08-31	unknown

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Lieu has positioned himself as a campaign finance reform advocate. He was a plaintiff in Lieu v. FEC, a First Amendment challenge argued before the Supreme Court, and has publicly called for reducing the influence of…

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Lieu has positioned himself as a campaign finance reform advocate. He was a plaintiff in Lieu v. FEC, a First Amendment challenge argued before the Supreme Court, and has publicly called for reducing the influence of money in politics.

Vote: on "Lieu donated $51,046 in campaign funds to Stanford University between 2016 and 2018 — the period…"

Lieu publicly advocates for campaign finance reform and has challenged FEC rules in federal court, yet his own campaign spending pattern — funneling tens of thousands in donor funds to his wife's political campaign and his son's future university — drew accusations of converting campaign donations into personal…

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reversal 60/100

Platform: "After the May 22, 2025 passage of H.R. 1, Lieu called it 'Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill' and 'the GOP's big, ugly bill,' stating it 'gave tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans.' He lambasted…

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After the May 22, 2025 passage of H.R. 1, Lieu called it 'Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill' and 'the GOP's big, ugly bill,' stating it 'gave tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans.' He lambasted Republicans for not reading the 1,037-page bill.

Vote: on "Lieu voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1, 115th Congress), which was projected by…"

Lieu condemned the 2025 Republican tax bill as a giveaway to billionaires, but votewith most Democrats for the 2017 Trump tax cuts that added $1.5 trillion to the debt with benefits heavily tilted toward corporations and the wealthy — the same fiscal framework he criticized in 2025. Both bills were named H.R.1, used…

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Last silence detection: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:45 GMT (via scheduled run)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib's use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea' (November 2023)

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Expected position: As a member of House Democratic leadership (Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus), a prominent Jewish caucus ally, and the top recipient of AIPAC funds in California, Lieu would be expected to comment publicly on Tlaib's use of a phrase widely condemned as antisemitic and calling for the destruction of Israel. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Fox News reported on November 7, 2023 that 'Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., all refused to answer questions from Fox specifically on Tlaib's "from the river to the sea" comments.' During this same period, Lieu was active on other topics — he voted on the Israel supplemental funding bill and issued a statement on it on November 2, 2023, and he voted on the Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act. His refusal to comment occurred as Democratic leadership was strategizing to protect Tlaib from censure. Primary URL: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/key-top-dems-silent-controversial-tlaib-statements-wont-comment-possible-censure-vote

other / unclassified

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Aspire PAC, White Coat Waste PAC, Bmi Political Action Committee, Baker & Hostetler PAC, The Doctors Company Federal PAC (Docpac), Mattel Inc. Political Action Committee, Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions (Scai) PAC (amounts: $7,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $7,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other / unclassified

colleagues' leadership pacs

Democracy Summer Leadership PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs

party committees

VoteVets (amounts: $10,000 (2026)) — interest area: party committees

ideological & single-issue

Asian American Forward (amounts: $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue

corporate pacs, industry unlisted

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Mattel Inc. Political Action Committee, Igt Global Solutions Corporation (Igt) PAC, Vmware, Inc. Political Action Committee (Vmware PAC), Accenture Inc. PAC, Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States Political Action Committee (Mckinsey PAC) (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted

Wine And Spirits Wholesalers Of America, Inc. PAC Alcohol & tobacco $5,000 (2026)

National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) Alcohol & tobacco $5,000 (2026)

Mattel Inc. Political Action Committee Corporate PACs, industry unlisted $5,000 (2024)

United Food And Commercial Workers Labor unions $5,000 (2024)

International Union Of Operating Engineers PAC Labor unions $5,000 (2026)

Mckinsey & Company, Inc. United States Political Action Committee (Mckinsey PAC) Corporate PACs, industry unlisted $5,000 (2026)

American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2026)

Asian American Forward Ideological & single-issue $10,000 (2024)

East West Bancorp Inc PAC Finance & banking $6,600 (2024)

Transdigm Group Inc. Employee Political Action Committee Defense & aerospace $5,000 (2026)

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC) Defense & aerospace $6,000 (2024)

Democracy Summer Leadership PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)

Bmi Political Action Committee Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)

Academy Of Rail Labor Attorneys Political Action Committee Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2024)

White Coat Waste PAC Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)

Topic	Priority	Alignment	Deviation
Education & Early Childhood	78	55	45
Housing Affordability & Homeownership	80	65	35
Criminal Justice & Public Safety	74	70	30
Tax Policy & Cost of Living	80	75	25
International Trade & Foreign Policy	68	80	20
Government Accountability & Ethics	75	85	15
Immigration & Immigrant Rights	82	85	15
Healthcare Access & Protections	88	85	15
Technology, Privacy & AI Regulation	76	88	12
Water Resources & Drought Management	70	88	12
Consumer Protection & Financial Regulation	72	90	10
Environmental Protection & Coastal/Water Resources	88	92	8

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Contradiction Risk	30%	Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence	20%	Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk	15%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume	15%	Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation	0%	Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment	0%	Shown, not weighted — needs platform commitments almost nobody has; the roll-call record on /votes is the vote signal

Each component is the member's standing among all scored members of Congress, and the weighted sum is the overall score. Tiers are ranks: Critical is the top 5%, High the next 10%, Elevated the next 20%, Moderate the next 30%, and Low the rest.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]

Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.

$5.6BDonor Contributions

0Money Chains

0Traced Hops

Connected Officials

Rashida Tlaib U.S. House · legislative_alignment

Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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