[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Daniel Meuser

Republican · Representative, PA ·9

Score Components

31 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

92 → 23

Intelligence Volume 10%

51 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

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: Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 74.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 11.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 84.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2023): 764,865

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $63,924

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Pennsylvania Legislative Resolution to Extend Emergency Declarations (2021 primary) (2021) — passed, margin 54% yes to 46% no (referendum limiting governor's emergency powers).

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Pennsylvania Marriage Definition Amendment (failed, 2016) (2016) — failed, margin Majority voted 'no' on a proposed constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman.

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.21)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Geisinger Health System (Danville/Shamokin) (24000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: East Penn Manufacturing (Lyon Station — lead-acid batteries) (10000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: The Hershey Company (Derry Township area employs district residents) (8000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District covers a mix of rural and small-city communities in east-central Pennsylvania, including all of Schuylkill, Carbon, Columbia, Montour, and parts of Berks, Lebanon, Luzerne, and Northumberland counties. Key cities include Pottsville, Shamokin, Bloomsburg, and parts of Reading.

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Voted yea on H.R. 22 (SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)) on 2025-04-10: Supported requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Critics argue this disenfranchises eligible voters — particularly married women, students, and rural voters without ready access to documents.

primary · 2025-04-10

Voted yea on H.R. 21 (Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act) on 2025-01-23: Voted for criminal penalties on healthcare practitioners after failed abortions — a priority of pro-life groups. He holds a 100% rating from National Right to Life.

primary · 2025-01-23

Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act) on 2025-01-07: Voted for mandatory ICE detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft, joining all Republicans and 46 Democrats. The bill was criticized as undermining due process. Only 0.8% of his district is foreign-born non-citizen.

primary · 2025-01-07

Voted nay on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling Suspension)) on 2023-05-31: One of 71 Republicans to oppose the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, calling it insufficiently conservative, yet later voted for the OBBB which added trillions more to the deficit.

primary · 2023-05-31

Voted nay on H.R. 8404 (Respect for Marriage Act) on 2022-12-08: Voted against codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, joining 169 House Republicans in opposition while 39 Republicans supported the bill.

primary · 2022-12-08

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act	yea	2025-07-03	aligned
SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)	yea	2025-04-10	deviating
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	yea	2025-01-23	deviating
Laken Riley Act	yea	2025-01-07	deviating
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024	nay	2024-04-20	misaligned
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling Suspension)	nay	2023-05-31	deviating
Respect for Marriage Act	nay	2022-12-08	deviating
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	nay	2021-11-05	misaligned
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	nay	2021-02-27	misaligned
Objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes for President-elect Joe Bid	yea	2021-01-07	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Meuser voted against H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), calling it a 'socialist spending spree' and 'Green New Deal in disguise' that"

Vote: on "Meuser touted a $1.6 million federal grant for water infrastructure improvements in his district, fu"

Meuser denounced the infrastructure law as a 'socialist spending spree' and voted against it, yet later took full public credit for a water infrastructure grant made possible by the same law — a clear 'Voted No, Took the Dough' pattern.

reversal 90/100

Platform: "Meuser voted in favor of H.R. 6756 (Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022), supporting the expedited provision of military equipment to Ukr"

Vote: on "Meuser voted against H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024), which provi"

Meuser supported Ukraine lend-lease in 2022, helping arm Ukraine early in the war, but reversed his position in 2024 to oppose the largest Ukraine aid package ever brought before Congress, citing taxpayer cost — a shift from backing Ukraine's self-de

Last silence detection: Never

In-person town halls with constituents

301d silent

Expected position: As a congressman representing a district with 11.4% poverty and an aging population, Meuser would be expected to hold open, in-person town halls where voters across Berks, Schuylkil

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

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
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

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

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