Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-26T21:35:21.553Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #51051) Resolved official: Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (entity #11135) Ingest result: 28 facts · 28 sources · 1 silences · 2 contradictions · 5 voting_records · 1 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": "Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen",
    "bioguide_id": "R000600"
  },
  "donor_mapping": {
    "facts": [
      {
        "fact_text": "Radewagen's campaign committee raised $65,150 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, with 59.94% from large individual contributions and 39.14% from PACs.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/amata-coleman-radewagen/summary?cid=N00007635&cycle=2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Steptoe LLP was the top contributor to Radewagen's campaign at $5,500 ($500 individual + $5,000 PAC) in the 2023-2024 cycle.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/amata-coleman-radewagen/summary?cid=N00007635&cycle=2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "The Leadership PACs industry contributed $12,500 to Radewagen's campaign committee in the 2023-2024 cycle.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/amata-coleman-radewagen/summary?cid=N00007635&cycle=2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Radewagen's leadership PAC, Concerned Citizens Coming to a Consensus on Cultural and Commerce Challenges, raised $19,615 in the 2023-2024 cycle and contributed $500 to federal candidates, all to Republicans.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/concerned-citizens-coming-to-a-consensus/C00479378/summary/2024"
      },
      {
        "fact_text": "Small individual contributions (< $200) accounted for only 0.15% ($100) of Radewagen's campaign receipts in the 2023-2024 cycle.",
        "date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/amata-coleman-radewagen/summary?cid=N00007635&cycle=2024"
      }
    ],
    "connections": [
      {
        "donor_entity_name": "CONCERNED CITIZENS COMING TO A CONSENSUS ON CULTURAL AND COMMERCE CHALLENGES",
        "relationship_type": "pac_donor",
        "description": "2024 cycle: Leadership PAC affiliated with Radewagen; disbursed $500 to Republican candidates",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/concerned-citizens-coming-to-a-consensus/C00479378/summary/2024"
      }
    ]
  },
  "silences": [
    {
      "topic": "Impact of climate change on Pacific Island nations and territories",
      "expected_position": "As co-chair of the Pacific Islands Caucus and a representative of a low-lying Pacific territory vulnerable to sea-level rise, Radewagen would be expected to address climate resilience and adaptation funding for island communities.",
      "window_start": "2024-01-01",
      "window_end": "2026-04-01",
      "evidence_summary": "During this window, Radewagen was highly active on Pacific fisheries, marine monuments, the Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, Compacts of Free Association, and veterans' healthcare. She issued multiple press releases on tuna fishing, marine protected areas, and territorial Medicaid. However, she has made no public statements, issued no press releases, and sponsored no legislation addressing climate adaptation funding, sea-level rise, or the disproportionate climate vulnerability of Pacific Island communities.",
      "primary_url": "https://radewagen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases"
    }
  ],
  "contradictions": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim_text": "Radewagen was ranked the 28th and 14th most bipartisan Representative in the 114th and 115th Congresses respectively by the Lugar Center's Bipartisan Index.",
        "claim_date": "2018-05-21",
        "claim_type": "statement",
        "source_url": "http://www.talanei.com/2018/05/21/aumua-amata-is-top-democrat-in-bipartisan-index/"
      },
      {
        "claim_text": "Radewagen co-sponsored the disapproval resolution (H.J.Res. 38) to overturn the Stream Protection Rule, and voted along strict Republican party lines on 11 of 13 recorded amendment votes during consideration of the Parents Bill of Rights Act in March 2023, including party-line votes against Democratic amendments such as the Levin amendment (H.Amdt.157).",
        "claim_date": "2023-03-30",
        "claim_type": "vote",
        "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/176"
      },
      {
        "claim_text": "Radewagen advocated strongly for reopening the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial tuna fishing, stating it was an 'immediate need' to benefit American Samoa's economy and challenge Chinese fishing dominance.",
        "claim_date": "2025-01-23",
        "claim_type": "statement",
        "source_url": "https://pina.com.fj/2025/03/20/rep-from-american-samoa-calls-for-opening-protected-pacific-waters-to-tuna-fishing/"
      },
      {
        "claim_text": "The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIH) is located roughly 1,000 nautical miles from American Samoa. Marine scientists and the PIH Coalition noted that none of the monument areas is near American Samoa, and reopening them to fishing would not directly benefit American Samoa's economy.",
        "claim_date": "2025-03-20",
        "claim_type": "disclosure",
        "source_url": "https://pina.com.fj/2025/03/20/rep-from-american-samoa-calls-for-opening-protected-pacific-waters-to-tuna-fishing/"
      }
    ],
    "contradictions": [
      {
        "claim_a_idx": 0,
        "claim_b_idx": 1,
        "type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
        "severity": "medium",
        "narrative": "Radewagen touts a top bipartisan ranking, yet on substantive amendment votes to the Parents Bill of Rights Act, she voted the Republican position on 11 of 13 amendments, including unanimous party-line opposition to the Levin amendment regarding LGBTQ student protections."
      },
      {
        "claim_a_idx": 2,
        "claim_b_idx": 3,
        "type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
        "severity": "medium",
        "narrative": "Radewagen justified reopening marine protected areas by citing economic benefits for American Samoa, but the areas she targeted are approximately 1,000 nautical miles away, and marine scientists disputed any direct economic benefit to American Samoa's fishery."
      }
    ]
  },
  "telling_votes": [
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Amdt.157 to H.R. 5",
      "title": "Levin Amendment (A026) — LGBTQ Student Protections in the Parents Bill of Rights Act",
      "vote": "nay",
      "vote_date": "2023-03-30",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/176",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted with every single Republican to block an amendment that would have prevented the Parents Bill of Rights Act from being used to discriminate against LGBTQ students or curtail inclusive curricula.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Amdt.165 to H.R. 5",
      "title": "Perry Amendment (A034) — Parental Notification Requirement",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2023-03-30",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/178",
      "why_it_matters": "Supported a failed amendment requiring schools to notify parents before covering any material relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, a key conservative culture-war priority.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.Amdt.156 to H.R. 5",
      "title": "Leger Fernandez Amendment (A025) — Parental Engagement Programs",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2023-03-30",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-1/175",
      "why_it_matters": "One of only two bipartisan votes she cast: supported an amendment to add grant programs for parent engagement and family-school partnerships, crossing party lines with 115 Republicans.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.R. 6062 / S. 3410",
      "title": "American Samoa Self-Determination Act — Restoration of Ability to Approve Territorial Constitutional Amendments by Majority Rule",
      "vote": "sponsor",
      "vote_date": "2024-07-08",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6062",
      "why_it_matters": "Sponsored and secured House passage of legislation restoring American Samoans' ability to amend their territorial constitution via majority-rule referendum, a significant act of self-determination advocacy.",
      "category": "against_constituent"
    },
    {
      "bill_id": "H.J.Res. 38",
      "title": "Disapproving the Stream Protection Rule (Congressional Review Act)",
      "vote": "yea",
      "vote_date": "2017-02-02",
      "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/38/actions",
      "why_it_matters": "Voted to nullify environmental protections for streams affected by surface coal mining, aligning with Republican energy policy, with no direct benefit to American Samoa's environmental interests.",
      "category": "party_defection"
    }
  ],
  "constituency_baseline": {
    "baseline": {
      "district_summary": "American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. territory in the South Pacific consisting of five volcanic islands and two atolls. It is represented in Congress by a single non-voting delegate elected at-large. The population was 49,710 at the 2020 census. Residents are U.S. nationals, not U.S. citizens by birthright. The economy is dominated by tuna canning — StarKist Samoa employs over 2,400 workers and accounts for more than 70% of private-sector employment. Federal government employment and grants play an outsized role, with the territorial government and LBJ Tropical Medical Center as major employers. The median household income is approximately $28,352, and roughly half of families live below the poverty line. The territory faces chronic challenges in healthcare access, outmigration, and vulnerability of its tuna-based economy to federal regulatory and trade policy changes.",
      "top_employers": [
        {
          "name": "StarKist Samoa (Dongwon Industries)",
          "employees": 2400,
          "source_url": "https://www.atuna.com/posts/why-american-samoa-starkist-plant-is-eyeing-pet-food-production"
        },
        {
          "name": "American Samoa Government",
          "employees": 4000,
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/american-samoa"
        },
        {
          "name": "LBJ Tropical Medical Center",
          "employees": 1000,
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/american-samoa"
        }
      ],
      "dominant_industries": [
        {
          "naics": "31-33",
          "share": 0.40,
          "source_url": "https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/census-bureau-details-sectors-driving-economies-territories"
        },
        {
          "naics": "44-45",
          "share": 0.17,
          "source_url": "https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/census-bureau-details-sectors-driving-economies-territories"
        },
        {
          "naics": "92",
          "share": 0.12,
          "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/american-samoa"
        }
      ],
      "recent_ballot_measures": [
        {
          "name": "Veto Override Referendum — Amendment to Allow Legislature to Override Gubernatorial Vetoes by 2/3 Vote",
          "year": 2024,
          "result": "passed",
          "margin": "Not yet published; referred to voters Nov 5, 2024",
          "source_url": "https://electionguide.org/elections/id/4191/"
        },
        {
          "name": "H.R. 6062 — Restoration of Majority-Rule Approval for Territorial Constitutional Amendments (Congressional Act)",
          "year": 2024,
          "result": "passed House",
          "margin": "Voice vote; Senate hearing Sep 2024",
          "source_url": "https://radewagen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/amatas-house-passed-legislation-moves-forward-us-senate-hearing"
        }
      ],
      "demographic_anchors": [
        {
          "label": "Median household income",
          "value": "$28,352 (2019)",
          "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/2020-island-areas-cross-tabulations-american-samoa.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "Population",
          "value": "49,710 (2020 census)",
          "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/2020-island-areas-cross-tabulations-american-samoa.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "Samoan ethnicity (alone or in combination)",
          "value": "88.9%",
          "source_url": "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/American_Samoa"
        },
        {
          "label": "Families in poverty",
          "value": "50.7% (2019)",
          "source_url": "https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/8c386055-8397-47b8-838f-9cbbc8590220"
        },
        {
          "label": "GDP per capita",
          "value": "$18,017 (PPP, 2022 est.)",
          "source_url": "https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/American_Samoa"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}