Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-25T05:54:04.213Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #48964) Resolved official: Al Green (entity #10906) Ingest result: 26 facts · 25 sources · 5 skipped

Briefing Sent

Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.

Result

{ "target_official": { "name": "Al Green", "bioguide_id": "G000553" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "For the 2025–2026 cycle, Green's principal campaign committee 'KEEP AL GREEN IN CONGRESS' reported total receipts of $940,155.88, with $837,328.68 in total contributions as of February 11, 2026.", "date_occurred": "2026-02-11", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00578567/?cycle=2026" }, { "fact_text": "Over his career (2003–2024), Representative Green has raised a total of $5,408,645 and spent $4,887,260, with $266,394 cash on hand.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "The top industry contributing to Green's career is Lawyers/Law Firms ($583,848), followed by Real Estate ($503,645), Building Trade Unions ($349,500), Industrial Unions ($340,500), and Transportation Unions ($238,000).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "Green's top career contributor is the National Association of Realtors ($118,500), followed by the International Longshoremen's Association ($105,000), Laborers Union ($103,500), Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($94,000), and Communications Workers of America ($78,500).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "Green's net worth is estimated at approximately $5.9 million as of July 2025, ranking 130th among members of Congress.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-18", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/press-release-congressman-al-green-explains-no-vote-military-aid-israel-advocates-palestinian" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "National Association of Realtors", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "$118,500 career contributions ($109,000 from PAC)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "International Longshoremen's Association", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "$105,000 career contributions (PAC)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Laborers Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "$103,500 career contributions (PAC)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "$94,000 career contributions (PAC)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Communications Workers of America", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "$78,500 career contributions ($77,500 from PAC)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "No primary-source-grade evidence of silence on major issues found within the search window; the representative has issued statements on most key topics." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Green has called for the impeachment of President Trump multiple times, first in 2017 and again in June 2025 and December 2025, citing high crimes and misdemeanors.", "claim_date": "2025-06-24", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/537/all-info" }, { "claim_text": "Green voted 'present' on H. Res. 189, a resolution to censure himself for disrupting President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress.", "claim_date": "2025-03-06", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202562" } ], "contradictions": [] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H. Res. 189", "title": "Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas", "vote": "present", "vote_date": "2025-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202562", "why_it_matters": "Green voted 'present' on his own censure, avoiding a 'nay' that would have signaled opposition while technically not supporting the measure that passed 224-198.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 5371", "title": "Compromise funding package to end government shutdown", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-11-12", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025111", "why_it_matters": "Joined Democrats and Republicans to end a 43-day shutdown, prioritizing reopening government over continued protest.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2025", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-05-22", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025289", "why_it_matters": "Voted against reauthorizing Section 702 warrantless surveillance, aligning with civil liberties concerns.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8029", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-03-13", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025113", "why_it_matters": "Opposed bill funding a 10% increase in border patrol agents and increased detention capacity.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "Marjorie Taylor Greene Amendment to cut $500 million for Israel's Iron Dome", "title": "Amendment to H.R. 8774 (Defense Appropriations)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-18", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025407", "why_it_matters": "Voted to cut military aid to Israel's air defense system; one of only six House members to support.", "category": "against_constituent" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Texas's 9th congressional district is located in southwestern Harris County, covering the southwestern portion of the Greater Houston area, including parts of Houston such as Gulfton, Sharpstown, and Westwood. 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