[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

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Goblin House Intelligence

Guy Reschenthaler

Republican · Representative, PA ·14

Score Components

12 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

18 → 5

Intelligence Volume 10%

46 → 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: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 90.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 75.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 12.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $67,375

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: 2023 Pennsylvania Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2023) — passed, margin 62%–38%

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.119)

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

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.166)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Manufacturing (sector) (41174 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Retail Trade (sector) (42553 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Health Care & Social Assistance (sector) (57405 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District encompasses the southwestern corner of the state, including all of Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties, plus portions of Indiana, Westmoreland, and Somerset counties. The district is overwhelmingly White (90.7% non-Hispanic) and rural/suburban with a population of appro

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Voted yea on H.R.1 (Lower Energy Costs Act (Republican energy package: expanded drilling, coal leasing, permitting reform)) on 2023-03-30: Reschenthaler's district sits atop the Marcellus Shale formation, and he managed the rule debate for this bill as Chief Deputy Whip. The Oil & Gas industry is his #3 career donor at $279,057, and mining/quarrying/oil & ga

primary · 2023-03-30

Voted yea on S.5 (Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)) on 2025-01-22: Reschenthaler voted with all Republicans and 46 House Democrats for this immigration enforcement bill. The vote aligned with his campaign platform emphasizing border security and immigration reform. With only 1.74% of his distri

primary · 2025-01-22

Voted yea on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump domestic policy package — extending 2017 tax cuts, Medicaid/SNAP restructuring, border security, energy provisions)) on 2025-07-03: Reschenthaler voted for the bill while Gov. Josh Shapiro's office projected 18,645 of Reschenthaler's constituents could lose Medicaid coverage and 11,071 could lose SNAP ben

primary · 2025-07-03

Voted yea on H.R.3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension with spending caps and SNAP work requirements)) on 2023-05-31: Reschenthaler served as a key vote-counter and whip for Speaker McCarthy's debt ceiling deal. While 71 House Republicans voted against it as insufficiently conservative, Reschenthaler helped deliver the GOP votes ne

primary · 2023-05-31

Voted yea on H.R.8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion in military and security assistance to Israel)) on 2024-04-20: This bill passed 366-58 with broad bipartisan support. Reschenthaler's vote aligned with his top career donor AIPAC ($88,900 career total), while 58 members — mostly progressive Democrats — voted against i

primary · 2024-04-20

Voted yea on H.R.8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine)) on 2024-04-20: Reschenthaler voted to fund Ukraine despite 112 House Republicans opposing the bill. As Chief Deputy Whip, he was part of the GOP leadership whip team that delivered this vote, putting him at odds with the majority of his own confer

primary · 2024-04-20

[statement] As Chief Deputy Whip, Reschenthaler helped shepherd the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 through the House, calling it 'the largest federal spending cut in U.S. history — a huge win for the fiscal state of our nation' while touting the $2 trillion in spending cuts and SNAP work requirements.

primary · 2023-05-31

[statement] Rep. Guy Reschenthaler voted against a proposal to provide Americans with direct $2,000 stimulus payments, telling Fox Business: 'We have got to remember as we move forward — debt and deficit, we need to tackle these issues, because by definition, economic inflation, debt and deficit are nothing more than taxation on future Americans, [and] that

primary · 2020-12-29

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump domestic policy package — extending 2017 tax c	yea	2025-07-03	misaligned
Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged wit	yea	2025-01-22	aligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion in aid to	yea	2024-04-20	deviating
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion in military	yea	2024-04-20	aligned
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension with spending caps an	yea	2023-05-31	misaligned
Lower Energy Costs Act (Republican energy package: expanded drilling, coal leasi	yea	2023-03-30	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

position_evolution 30/100

Platform: "Rep. Guy Reschenthaler voted against a proposal to provide Americans with direct $2,000 stimulus payments, telling Fox Business: 'We have got to remem"

Vote: on "As Chief Deputy Whip, Reschenthaler helped shepherd the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 through th"

Reschenthaler opposed $2,000 stimulus checks in 2020 on deficit grounds but three years later championed a debt ceiling deal that, while cutting some spending, preserved trillions in federal obligations and raised the borrowing limit. Both statements

Last silence detection: Never

President Trump's threats to target Iranian infrastructure and rhetoric suggesting regime change

10d silent

Expected position: As Chief Deputy Whip and a Navy JAG veteran who served in Iraq, Reschenthaler would be expected to weigh in on potential military escalation with Iran given his national security po

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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