Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-26T07:19:32.885Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #51029) Resolved official: Al Green (entity #10906) Ingest result: 35 facts · 35 sources · 1 silences · 10 voting_records · 6 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": "Over his career (2003–2024), Rep. Al Green raised $5,408,645, with his top contributing industry being 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": "In the 2023–2024 election cycle, Green's campaign committee raised $260,324. His top contributing industries were Pro-Israel ($36,250), Real Estate ($29,750), and Building Trade Unions ($28,000).",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/other-data?cycle=2024&id=TX09&spec=N"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Green's top career contributor is the National Association of Realtors, which has given $118,500 ($9,500 from individuals, $109,000 from its PAC) over his career.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "In the 2023–2024 cycle, Green's top PAC contributors included the International Longshoremens Association ($10,000), Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($10,000), and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ($10,000).",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/al-green/contributors?cid=N00026686&cycle=2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "A pro-crypto super PAC, Protect Progress (affiliated with Fairshake), spent $1.5 million in independent expenditures opposing Green in the 2026 TX-18 Democratic primary, citing his votes against the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act. Green survived the spending and advanced to a runoff.",
        "date_occurred": "2026-03-03",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5737785-al-green-crypto-superpac-reelection-bid-texas/"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Stand With Crypto, a crypto advocacy group, rated Green as 'Strongly Opposes Crypto' based on his voting history and public statements. Green responded by stating he was 'proud' to receive an 'F' rating from the group.",
        "date_occurred": "2026-03-21",
        "confidence": "secondary",
        "source_url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-crypto-midterms-elizasbeth-warren_n_69bda186e4b048411914db30"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Green's 2018 financial disclosure showed a net worth between $2,467,014 and $8,280,000, ranking him 73rd in the House.",
        "date_occurred": "2018-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/al-green/other-data?cid=N00026686&cycle=2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "In the 2023–2024 cycle, only 4.2% of Green's contributions came from small individual donors ($200 or less), while 92.1% came from large individual and PAC contributions with full disclosure.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-06-30",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/other-data?cycle=2024&id=TX09&spec=N"
      }
    ],
    "connections": [
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "National Association of Realtors",
        "relationship_type": "major_donor",
        "description": "Career (2003-2024): $118,500 ($9,500 individuals, $109,000 PAC); top career contributor",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "International Longshoremens Association",
        "relationship_type": "pac_donor",
        "description": "Career: $105,000 PAC; 2023-2024: $10,000 PAC",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00026686&cycle=CAREER"
      },
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "Laborers Union",
        "relationship_type": "pac_donor",
        "description": "Career: $103,500 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": "pac_donor",
        "description": "Career: $94,000 PAC; 2023-2024: $10,000 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": "pac_donor",
        "description": "Career: $78,500 ($1,000 individuals, $77,500 PAC); 2023-2024: $5,000 PAC",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/al-green/contributors?cid=N00026686&cycle=2024"
      }
    ]
  },
  "silences": [
    {
      "topic": "In-person constituent town halls",
      "expected_position": "As the elected representative for TX-09 since 2005, Green would be expected to hold periodic in-person town halls where constituents can ask unscripted questions, a longstanding congressional norm.",
      "window_start": "2023-01-03",
      "window_end": "2026-04-26",
      "evidence_summary": "No public record of in-person town halls was found for Rep. Green during this window. He has been highly active in other constituent engagement, including floor speeches against Medicaid cuts, a viral March 2025 protest at President Trump's joint address for which he was censured, a February 2026 State of the Union protest with a 'BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES' sign, and numerous press releases on his official house.gov site. His high-profile national visibility contrasts with the apparent absence of the unscripted town hall format.",
      "primary_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/democrats-refuse-to-stand-for-trump-as-al-green-ejected-over-apes-protest-sign"
    }
  ],
  "contradictions": {
    "no_data": true,
    "reason": "No pair of directly contrasting claims with resolvable primary-source URLs (e.g., Congress.gov roll call vs. official statement or FEC filing vs. press release) could be identified within the search constraints."
  },
  "telling_votes": [
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Res. 863",
      "title": "Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2024-02-06",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/7/2221849/-Al-Green-D-rushes-from-hospital-in-wheelchair-to-cast-deciding-vote-against-Mayorkas-impeachment",
      "why_it_matters": "Left the hospital after abdominal surgery, appearing in a wheelchair in scrubs to cast the deciding vote that sank the Mayorkas impeachment 216-214. All Texas House Republicans voted to impeach; Green's surprise appearance prevented it.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Res. 189",
      "title": "Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-03-06",
      "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202562",
      "why_it_matters": "Green was censured 224-198 for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress by shouting 'You have no mandate to cut Medicaid.' Ten Democrats joined all Republicans. Green stated he 'would do it again' and said it was a matter of conscience.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 1",
      "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025 Budget Reconciliation)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-05-22",
      "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted against the GOP budget reconciliation bill. Green issued a statement calling it a 'billionaire bailout at the expense of working families' and warning of $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA. The bill passed 215-214.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "S. 1582",
      "title": "GENIUS Act of 2025 (Stablecoin Regulation)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-07-17",
      "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025200",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted against the stablecoin regulatory framework. One of 110 House Democrats to oppose it. This vote was later cited by the crypto super PAC Protect Progress as a reason for spending $1.5 million opposing him.",
      "category": "against_constituent"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 3633",
      "title": "CLARITY Act of 2025 (Digital Asset Market Structure)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-07-17",
      "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025199",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted against the crypto market structure bill. One of 134 House Democrats to oppose. The AFL-CIO also opposed this bill, citing threats to retirement benefits. The crypto industry spent millions targeting Green for this vote.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Res. 939",
      "title": "Impeachment Resolution Against President Donald J. Trump (tabled)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-12-11",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-12-11/house-squashes-second-attempt-to-impeach-trump-from-rep-al-green",
      "why_it_matters": "Green brought articles of impeachment against Trump for the second time in 2025. The House voted 237-140 to table the resolution, with 47 members voting 'present.' 23 Democrats joined Republicans to table it. Green had previously forced impeachment votes in 2017, 2018, and 2019.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 22",
      "title": "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2025-04-10",
      "roll_call_url": "https://sehoustonnews.com/2026/03/02/rep-al-green-votes-against-save-act/",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted against a bill requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The ACLU and civil rights groups opposed it as a barrier to voting access that would disproportionately affect minority voters, who form the majority of his district.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Res. 705",
      "title": "Resolution to Table Rep. Al Green's Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump (115th Congress)",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2017-12-06",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/12/06/257223/al-green-pushes-vote-on-trump-impeachment-it-didnt-succeed/",
      "why_it_matters": "Green forced the first House impeachment vote of Trump's presidency over comments on Charlottesville and 'sowing discord.' The vote to table passed 364-58. Green was among the first members of Congress to pursue Trump's removal, years before the 2019 formal impeachment.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
      "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2024-04-20",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/39688",
      "why_it_matters": "Supported $61 billion in Ukraine aid, consistent with near-unanimous Democratic support. Not a single Democrat voted against the aid package, showing party loyalty on foreign policy.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 3746",
      "title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling)",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2023-05-31",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-voted-against-the-debt-ceiling-bill-in-congress-and-who-voted-for-it/",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted with the bipartisan majority (314-117) to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default, despite the bill imposing spending caps. This pragmatic vote aligned with Democratic leadership rather than the progressive left who opposed the deal.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    }
  ],
  "constituency_baseline": {
    "baseline": {
      "district_summary": "Texas's 9th Congressional District encompasses the southwestern portion of Houston and parts of Fort Bend County, including Mission Bend, portions of Missouri City, and numerous diverse suburban communities. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+24, it is a safe Democratic seat. The district is a majority-minority community: 39.3% Hispanic, 35.8% Black, 12.4% White, and 9.7% Asian, with 28.9% born outside the United States. The median household income is approximately $65,402 — well above the national median but below many Houston suburbs. The poverty rate stands at 18.5% and the homeownership rate at 51.6%. Only 32.3% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The district's economy is anchored by the Texas Medical Center, energy, logistics, and retail sectors. The median property value is $248,200, and 45.3% of households speak a non-English language at home.",
      "top_employers": [
        {
          "name": "Texas Medical Center (Memorial Hermann, Houston Methodist, MD Anderson, et al.)",
          "employees": 106000,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Big-Oil-is-not-Houston-s-biggest-employer-13943382.php"
        },
        {
          "name": "Walmart Inc.",
          "employees": 34000,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/houston-biggest-employers-reflect-local-economy-12996325.php"
        },
        {
          "name": "H-E-B Grocery Company",
          "employees": 27000,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/houston-biggest-employers-reflect-local-economy-12996325.php"
        },
        {
          "name": "Houston Methodist Hospital",
          "employees": 32058,
          "source_url": "https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2024/09/26/forbes-best-employers-texas-list/75391053007/"
        },
        {
          "name": "ExxonMobil Corporation",
          "employees": 11000,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Big-Oil-is-not-Houston-s-biggest-employer-13943382.php"
        }
      ],
      "dominant_industries": [
        {
          "naics": "62",
          "share": 0.22,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Big-Oil-is-not-Houston-s-biggest-employer-13943382.php"
        },
        {
          "naics": "44-45",
          "share": 0.14,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/houston-biggest-employers-reflect-local-economy-12996325.php"
        },
        {
          "naics": "21",
          "share": 0.13,
          "source_url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Big-Oil-is-not-Houston-s-biggest-employer-13943382.php"
        }
      ],
      "recent_ballot_measures": [
        {
          "name": "Texas Proposition 5: Authorizing Additional State Debt for Higher Education (2023)",
          "year": 2023,
          "result": "passed",
          "margin": "53.4% Yes – 46.6% No",
          "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Proposition_5,_Authorize_Additional_State_Debt_for_Higher_Education_Amendment_(2023)"
        }
      ],
      "demographic_anchors": [
        {
          "label": "Median household income",
          "value": "$65,402",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/al-green-G000553/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "Poverty rate",
          "value": "18.5%",
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-tx"
        },
        {
          "label": "Homeownership rate",
          "value": "51.6%",
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-tx"
        },
        {
          "label": "Bachelor's degree or higher",
          "value": "32.3%",
          "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/al-green-G000553/district"
        },
        {
          "label": "Hispanic or Latino",
          "value": "39.3%",
          "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_9th_congressional_district"
        },
        {
          "label": "Black or African American",
          "value": "35.8%",
          "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_9th_congressional_district"
        },
        {
          "label": "Foreign-born population",
          "value": "28.9%",
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-tx"
        },
        {
          "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index",
          "value": "D+24",
          "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_9th_congressional_district"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}