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7 officials not speaking on topics their donors fund

A silence is not proof of wrongdoing — it is the absence of the public record we would expect from someone whose donors have material interests in a topic. Each card pairs the topic with the donor entities funding the official, and shows how long the silence has run.

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Silence is one of four accountability dimensions on the Responsibility Scorecard — alongside vote-vs-platform contradictions, broken promises, and documented contradictions.

TOPIC: other / unclassified 501 colleagues' leadership pacs 492 corporate pacs, industry unlisted 411 ideological & single-issue 350 other candidates' committees 282 party committees 245 law & lobbying firms 95 party & leadership pacs 60 crypto & fintech 21 alcohol & tobacco 11 alcohol, tobacco & gambling 10 telecom & media 8

DAYS SILENT: 90+ days 279 180+ days 233 365+ days 164 Clear filters ×

7 of 2,877 flags match current filters

348 further flags rest on inferred donor interests (party-and-state templates or model output) rather than a documented one, and are not shown or scored.

Stacey Plaskett SILENT 2325 days since the floor vote

Topic: Did not publicly explain why she continued to accept Epstein-linked money through 2020 despite claiming she gave it away in November 2018

Interested donors: none

Stacey Plaskett SILENT 309 days since the floor vote

Topic: Refused to complete Vote Smart's Political Courage Test — positions on key national issues not directly stated

Interested donors: none

Stacey Plaskett SILENT no dated floor vote on file

Topic: other candidates' committees

Interested donors: Richard E. Neal For Congress Committee

Stacey Plaskett SILENT no dated floor vote on file

Topic: ideological & single-issue

Interested donors: The Collective PAC, Elect Democratic Women