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Shri Thanedar

Democratic · Representative, MI ·13

Shri Thanedar is the Democratic U.S. Representative (MI's 13th congressional district). The platform has 6 voting records on file (2023-2025) and 69 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components
61 ELEVATED
Connection Density 20%
83 → 17
Donor Influence 15%
12 → 2
Silence Risk 25%
14 → 4
Contradiction Risk 25%
91 → 23
Intelligence Volume 15%
84 → 13
Constituency Deviation 0%
13 → 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.
By voting with the unanimous Democratic block on H.R. 4, Thanedar successfully maintained his AFL-CIO 'Right' rating without having to break with his party or donors, unlike his July 2025 vote on H.R. 3633.
primary · 2025-06-12 ✓ Verified
The House vote on H.R. 4 (June 12, 2025) resulted in a 214–212 passage with zero Democratic defections (0 Yeas, 208 Nays). Representative Thanedar's Nay vote was indistinguishable from the unanimous position of the Democratic caucus.
primary · 2025-06-12 ✓ Verified
Only a small minority of House Democrats—likely fewer than 10—voted for H.R. 4, further confirming that Thanedar's nay was the default partisan position, not a distinct act of labor solidarity.
inferential · 2025-06-12
H.R. 1 was rejected by all 212 House Democrats, making Thanedar's nay vote indistinguishable from party discipline and providing no signal about his personal commitment to labor.
secondary · 2025-05-22 ✓ Verified
Verifying the AFL‑CIO's vote recommendation on H.R. 3633 is a necessary precondition for assessing whether Thanedar's yea vote (if confirmed) would represent a departure from his prior labor alignment.
secondary · 2025-06-15 ✓ Verified
The established fact set contains no primary‑source documentation—such as an AFL‑CIO legislative scorecard, official vote recommendation, or press release—confirming the union's specific position on H.R. 3633; the only reference is an unverified inference that the AFL‑CIO opposed the bill.
secondary · 2025-06-15 ✓ Verified
Thanedar's votes on H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 aligned with the AFL-CIO's position, but both were overwhelmingly partisan votes where nearly all House Democrats voted the same way, making them weak proof of a personal labor allegiance rather than party-line voting.
inferential · 2025-06-15
The AFL-CIO argued that the CLARITY Act would weaken oversight of crypto markets and potentially endanger retirement savings, but the union's specific vote recommendation on H.R. 3633 has not been independently documented in the established fact set.
inferential · 2025-06-15
Stand With Crypto rated Thanedar 'strongly supportive' and a pro-crypto PAC spent $1 million on media endorsements for him, while his campaign realized a $1.3 million gain from a Bitcoin ETF—together establishing a documented financial relationship between Thanedar and the digital asset industry.
secondary · 2024-07-26 ✓ Verified
Thanedar's estimated net‑worth ranking in Congress oscillated between 28th and 37th during 2025, driven primarily by fluctuations in his publicly traded stock and crypto portfolio rather than changes in core private wealth.
secondary · 2025-06-15 ✓ Verified
As of July 2025, Quiver Quantitative estimated Thanedar's net worth at $41.5 million with approximately $8.1–$8.2 million invested in publicly traded assets that the platform tracks in real time.
secondary · 2025-07-17 ✓ Verified
Representative Shri Thanedar's 2023 financial disclosure form filed with the House Clerk reported a net‑worth range between approximately –$17.6 million and $27.5 million, illustrating the wide bands inherent in congressional financial reporting.
primary · 2023-06-15 ✓ Verified
Quiver Quantitative's live net‑worth tracker for members of Congress acknowledges that its estimates exclude the value of the individual's primary residence and any outstanding liabilities, and that estimates of private holdings are updated only on an annual basis.
primary · 2025-06-15 ✓ Verified
The H.R. 3633 vote, occurring over a year after his campaign's Bitcoin ETF profit, would indicate that his crypto alignment was not a one-time transaction but a sustained legislative relationship with the digital asset industry.
inferential · 2025-07-17 ✓ Verified
If the yea vote is confirmed, Thanedar would have defied AFL-CIO's key vote recommendation for the first time in the 119th Congress, having previously voted with labor on H.R. 1 and H.R. 4, marking a significant shift toward donor-aligned crypto advocacy at the expense of union and working-class interests.
inferential · 2025-07-17 ✓ Verified
Thanedar's campaign's $1.3 million profit from the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF, realized by April 2024, preceded a $1 million crypto PAC media campaign endorsing him, suggesting a mutually reinforcing financial relationship that may have influenced his legislative stance on digital asset deregulation.
secondary · 2025-07-17 ✓ Verified
The censure vote was Thanedar's first significant floor vote on Israel-related matters after the October 7 attack and his AIPAC-sponsored Israel trip, and it preceded AIPAC's shift to spending $2.3 million to support his 2024 primary.
secondary · 2023-11-07 ✓ Verified
In the weeks prior, Thanedar publicly characterized Tlaib's statements as antisemitic, setting the stage for his censure vote.
secondary · 2023-10-15 ✓ Verified
On November 7, 2023, Representative Shri Thanedar voted yea on H.Res.845, joining 21 other Democrats to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib; 188 Democrats voted nay.
primary · 2023-11-07 ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Non-English primary language — Arabic households: 26,672
secondary ✓ Verified
Google donor Google's corporate PAC contributed to Thanedar's campaign after he pledged to reject corporate PAC money.
Fairshake PAC affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
Test Manual Trigger Entity ec6729d31b29 test entity, no documented connection This entity appears in the known entities list but no direct connection to Thanedar is documented in the provided facts.
General Dynamics donor Thanedar accepted corporate PAC contributions from General Dynamics (one of several corporate PAC donors including Google, Pfizer, Walmart, Verizon, Toyota…
Grayscale Bitcoin ETF (GBTC) affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
Fairshake inferential connection Fairshake is a pro-crypto PAC active in Michigan elections; while not directly named in Thanedar's documented facts, the $1M pro-crypto media campaign for his…
iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
Stand With Crypto Alliance affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
AIPAC / United Democracy Project affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
Blue Wave Action PAC affiliation Connection documented in FINDING-2026-008
Rashida Tlaib colleague Thanedar voted to censure fellow Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib on H.Res.845 in November 2023, joining only 21 other Democrats. He had publicly suggested…
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/
Americans4hindus PAC (Multi-Candidate) donor $10,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00729574/
Indian American Impact Fund donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00674127/
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00513176/
Asian American Hotel Owners Association PAC (Aahoa PAC) donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00336743/
General Motors Company PAC (Gm PAC) donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00076810/
Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers donor $5,000 to Shri Thanedar's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC (AIPAC PAC) campaign contribution $5,000 contribution in 2026 alleged in research question
Michigan Sugar Company Growers Political Action Committee campaign contribution $5,000 contribution in 2024 alleged in research question
BillVoteDateAlignment
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Ratepayer Protection 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
Water Resources Development Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Retire through Ownership Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act 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
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
GUARD Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 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
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act 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 Yea 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 Nay 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: "On the 2022 campaign trail, Shri Thanedar pledged to 'never to take a dime of corporate PAC money' and tweeted in March 2022: 'I absolutely reject corporate PAC money!' He said he'd 'seen firsthand the corrupting…
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On the 2022 campaign trail, Shri Thanedar pledged to 'never to take a dime of corporate PAC money' and tweeted in March 2022: 'I absolutely reject corporate PAC money!' He said he'd 'seen firsthand the corrupting influence of special interest groups and lobbyists' and 'watched my colleagues vote against people in favor of special interests and corporations that contribute to them.'
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Vote: on "Since entering Congress in 2023, Thanedar accepted at least $36,000 from corporate PACs including…"
Thanedar built his 2022 campaign image around a pledge to 'never take a dime of corporate PAC money' and condemning the 'corrupting influence of special interests,' yet once in Congress he accepted tens of thousands from corporate PACs and continued claiming in 2025 that he takes no corporate PAC money — even while…
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Thanedar built his 2022 campaign image around a pledge to 'never take a dime of corporate PAC money' and condemning the 'corrupting influence of special interests,' yet once in Congress he accepted tens of thousands from corporate PACs and continued claiming in 2025 that he takes no corporate PAC money — even while actively accepting it — calling the discrepancy 'rounding up.'
reversal 90/100
Platform: "As a Michigan state representative in 2021, Thanedar co-sponsored a resolution labeling Israel an 'apartheid' state and calling on Congress 'to enact policies that halt taxpayer-funded aid to Israel.' The resolution…
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As a Michigan state representative in 2021, Thanedar co-sponsored a resolution labeling Israel an 'apartheid' state and calling on Congress 'to enact policies that halt taxpayer-funded aid to Israel.' The resolution urged Congress to stop funding 'the military detention of Palestinian children; the unlawful seizure, appropriation, and destruction of Palestinian property; forcible displacement, harm, and killing of civilians in the West Bank; or any further annexation of Palestinian land in violation of international law.'
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Vote: on "After taking office in Congress, Thanedar traveled to Israel on an AIPAC-sponsored trip in August…"
Thanedar co-sponsored a 2021 resolution labeling Israel an 'apartheid' state and calling for an end to all U.S. military aid. After facing AIPAC-funded opposition in 2022, he fully reversed: he traveled to Israel on AIPAC's dime, became one of Congress's most vocal Israel defenders, urged unconditional military aid…
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Thanedar co-sponsored a 2021 resolution labeling Israel an 'apartheid' state and calling for an end to all U.S. military aid. After facing AIPAC-funded opposition in 2022, he fully reversed: he traveled to Israel on AIPAC's dime, became one of Congress's most vocal Israel defenders, urged unconditional military aid, and accepted AIPAC's endorsement and $2.3 million in super PAC support in 2024.
reversal 90/100
Platform: "In a 2022 statement to Metro Times, Thanedar slammed his primary opponent for taking AIPAC money: 'Allowing special interests to buy politicians is one of the most despicable and corrupting influences in our modern…
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In a 2022 statement to Metro Times, Thanedar slammed his primary opponent for taking AIPAC money: 'Allowing special interests to buy politicians is one of the most despicable and corrupting influences in our modern political system. Adam invited this corruption into the 13th District.'
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Vote: on "After taking office in Congress, Thanedar traveled to Israel on an AIPAC-sponsored trip in August…"
Thanedar condemned AIPAC's spending as 'despicable' and 'corrupting' when it was used against him in 2022, saying his opponent 'invited corruption' by accepting pro-Israel money. Two years later, he welcomed and benefited from $2.3 million in AIPAC-linked super PAC spending in his own primary.
Last silence detection: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:42:41 GMT (via scheduled run)
colleagues' leadership pacs
PAC To The Future (amounts: $10,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
ideological & single-issue
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
other / unclassified
Maryland Association For Concerned Citizens Political Action Committee, Aspire PAC, Hindu American Political Action Committee, Americans4hindus PAC (Multi-Candidate), Hindus Of Georgia PAC, Indian American Impact Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $9,500 (2024)…
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Maryland Association For Concerned Citizens Political Action Committee, Aspire PAC, Hindu American Political Action Committee, Americans4hindus PAC (Multi-Candidate), Hindus Of Georgia PAC, Indian American Impact Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $9,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified
National Association Of Realtors Real estate & construction $5,000 (2024)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2026)
Demand Justice PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2024)
Hindus Of Georgia PAC Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)
Americans4hindus PAC (Multi-Candidate) Other / unclassified $10,000 (2026)
Indian American Impact Fund Other / unclassified $5,000 (2026)
Hindu American Political Action Committee Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Aspire PAC Other / unclassified $9,500 (2024)
Michigan Sugar Company Growers Political Action Committee Agriculture & food $5,000 (2024)
National Elevator Constructors PAC (Nec PAC) Labor unions $5,000 (2024)
PAC To The Future Colleagues' leadership PACs $10,000 (2024)
Asian American Hotel Owners Association PAC (Aahoa PAC) Transportation & auto $5,000 (2026)
Maryland Association For Concerned Citizens Political Action Committee Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)
American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC) Health care & pharma $5,000 (2024)
TopicPriorityAlignmentDeviation
Foreign Aid and Ukraine/Israel Policy 55 40 35
Immigration and Refugee Policy 70 55 20
Housing Affordability and Urban Development 80 60 15
Economic Opportunity and Labor Rights 82 65 15
Federal Spending and Deficit Reduction 60 70 10
Climate and Environmental Justice 72 65 10
Healthcare Access and Medicaid Protection 88 75 10
Small Business and Entrepreneurship 65 55 10
Gun Violence Prevention 78 70 8
Infrastructure and Transportation 75 65 8
Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency Regulation 35 50 5
Voting Rights and Democratic Integrity 75 70 5
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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:

ComponentWeightSignal
Contradiction Risk30%Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence20%Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk15%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume15%Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation0%Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment0%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.
$1.5BDonor Contributions
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
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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