[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

August Pfluger

Republican · Representative, TX ·11

Score Components

30 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

Intelligence Volume 10%

52 → 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: Homeownership rate: 64.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic or Latino: 39.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 777,036

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $71,018

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3 — Prohibit Individual Wealth Tax (2023) — passed, margin majority yes

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 4 — $18 Billion Property Tax Relief (2023) — passed, margin 83% yes to 17% no

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.116)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.123)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 21 (share 0.166)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Diamondback Energy (1000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Shannon Clinic / Shannon Medical Center (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Concho Resources (now part of ConocoPhillips) (1200 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Texas's 11th Congressional District encompasses the midwestern portion of the state, stretching from the Permian Basin through the Hill Country. Major cities include Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Killeen, and Brownwood. The economy is heavily driven by oil and gas extraction, agriculture, and military installations. T

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Voted yea on H.R. 5103 (Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act) on 2025-03-25: Voted to impose federal control over D.C. local governance, overriding home rule, consistent with Republican efforts to assert federal authority over the District.

primary · 2025-03-25

Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on 2025-07-04: Supported Trump's signature tax and spending bill adding trillions to the deficit while cutting green energy tax credits and imposing new work requirements, aligned with oil & gas donor interests.

primary · 2025-07-04

Voted yea on H.R. 21 (Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act) on 2025-01-23: Voted for legislation mandating medical care for infants born alive after failed abortions, a key anti-abortion priority, despite existing legal protections already covering such scenarios.

primary · 2025-01-23

Voted yea on H.R. 22 (SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)) on 2025-04-10: Voted to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, which critics argue would disenfranchise eligible voters who lack ready access to such documents.

primary · 2025-04-10

Voted nay on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Opposed $60.8 billion in Ukraine military and humanitarian aid after previously supporting Ukraine lend-lease, marking a reversal on Ukraine support.

primary · 2024-04-20

Voted yea on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) on 2023-05-31: Voted to suspend the debt ceiling after previously opposing debt ceiling increases, accepting compromise to avoid catastrophic default.

primary · 2023-05-31

Voted yea on H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023) on 2023-04-26: Supported legislation imposing work requirements on Medicaid and SNAP recipients while protecting tax cuts, aligned with donor interests from the financial and energy sectors.

primary · 2023-04-26

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act	yea	2025-07-04	aligned
SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)	yea	2025-04-10	deviating
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act	yea	2025-03-25	deviating
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	yea	2025-01-23	deviating
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024	nay	2024-04-20	misaligned
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023	yea	2023-05-31	misaligned
Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023	yea	2023-04-26	aligned
Respect for Marriage Act	nay	2022-12-08	deviating
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	nay	2021-11-05	misaligned
Objections to Electoral College Certification (Arizona and Pennsylvania)	yea	2021-01-06	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Pfluger voted against H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, calling it a 'leftist bill' that 'does nothing to improve roads and bridg"

Vote: on "Pfluger touted securing 'more than $14.3 million for the Midland International Air and Space Port' t"

Pfluger voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a 'leftist bill' that did nothing for rural roads, then five years later touted $14.3 million in airport funding that was explicitly made available under the same law he opposed.

reversal 90/100

Platform: "Pfluger voted in favor of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, supporting the lending/lease of American defense materiel to Ukraine."

Vote: on "Pfluger voted against H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, which"

Pfluger supported Ukraine lend-lease in 2022 but reversed to oppose the 2024 supplemental aid package, citing lack of border security provisions and LNG export language, shifting from bipartisan Ukraine support to opposing further aid.

statement_vs_disclosure 60/100

Platform: "Pfluger stated the Limit, Save, Grow Act would 'protect Medicare and Social Security' while voting for it."

Vote: on "The Limit, Save, Grow Act imposed new work requirements on Medicaid recipients aged 19-55 for at lea"

Pfluger claimed his vote for the Limit, Save, Grow Act protected Medicare and Social Security, but the bill imposed significant Medicaid work requirements and SNAP cuts while directing savings toward extending tax cuts primarily benefiting corporatio

Last silence detection: Never

No active silences

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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