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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-27T05:24:44.706Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #56363)
Resolved official: Bryan Steil (entity #11041)
Ingest result: 40 facts · 40 sources · 1 silences · 4 contradictions · 10 voting_records · 2 skipped
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.
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"name": "Bryan Steil",
"bioguide_id": "S001213"
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"donor_mapping": {
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{
"fact_text": "Bryan Steil's campaign committee raised $13,575,162 across his career (2017–2024), with $4,684,647 cash on hand as of June 30, 2024.",
"date_occurred": "2024-06-30",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/bryan-steil/summary?cid=N00043379&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"fact_text": "The Retired category was the top contributing industry at $1,495,402, all from individuals. Securities & Investment contributed $1,452,202 ($1,007,702 individual + $444,500 PAC). Insurance contributed $880,012 ($239,612 individual + $640,400 PAC).",
"date_occurred": "2024-06-30",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/bryan-steil/summary?cid=N00043379&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"fact_text": "Northwestern Mutual was the single largest organizational contributor at $119,885 ($79,885 individual + $40,000 PAC). Blackstone Group contributed $92,300, all from individuals. ABC Supply contributed $84,850, all from individuals.",
"date_occurred": "2024-06-30",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/bryan-steil/summary?cid=N00043379&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"fact_text": "The cryptocurrency-backed Fairshake PAC spent over $760,000 on independent expenditures supporting Steil's 2024 reelection, making it the largest outside spender in the race.",
"date_occurred": "2024-10-28",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/15403448263066"
},
{
"fact_text": "Steil serves as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence and authored the bipartisan STABLE Act establishing a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.",
"date_occurred": "2025-03-26",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-and-hill-introduce-stable-act"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimated Steil's net worth at $2.0M as of September 2025, ranking 253rd in Congress. His 2018 financial disclosure listed net worth between $500,029 and $1,475,000.",
"date_occurred": "2025-09-24",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release%3A+Congressman+Bryan+Steil+Introduces+Bill+to+Prevent+Government+Shutdowns"
},
{
"fact_text": "Steil's campaign raised $1.3 million in Q2 2025 alone, with 37.9% from individual donors and the remainder from PAC and committee contributions.",
"date_occurred": "2025-07-15",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://pro.stateaffairs.com/news/steil-raises-1-3-million-q2-2025"
}
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{
"donor_entity_name": "BLACKSTONE GROUP",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2017–2024 cycle: $92,300 via Steil for Wisconsin (all individual); Steil chairs the Digital Assets Subcommittee on Financial Services",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/bryan-steil/summary?cid=N00043379&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PAC",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2024 cycle: $15,000 via Steil for Wisconsin; insurance industry contributed $880K career total",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/S001213"
}
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"silences": [
{
"topic": "Direct constituent engagement through in-person town halls",
"expected_position": "As a four-term congressman representing a competitive district (Cook PVI R+3), Steil would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls where constituents can ask unscripted questions about his votes and policy positions.",
"window_start": "2025-01-03",
"window_end": "2025-07-30",
"evidence_summary": "During this period, Steil held multiple telephone town halls requiring advance registration — a format that 'Democrats described as a 'poor substitute' for in-person meetings where 'unvetted questions are asked.' When he finally held his first in-person town hall on July 31, 2025 at Elkhorn Area High School, he was 'met with consistent boos' and jeers over his support for Trump's OBBB and tariff policies. One constituent shouted, 'When the lawmaker mentioned national debt as a pressing issue, one attendee interjected: Thanks to you!'",
"primary_url": "https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/07/31/u-s-rep-bryan-steil-r-wis-holds-in-person-town-hall-meeting-with-constituents-at-elkhorn-area-high/85461591007/"
}
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"claim_text": "Steil voted against H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, calling it the 'Pelosi Payoff' and criticizing 'the size of the third major pandemic-related relief bill passed by Congress.'",
"claim_date": "2021-02-27",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wis-republicans-in-congress-propose-halting-stimulus-checks-for-prisoners/article_464c78c4-c7ea-5012-9926-1c2d12328d52.html"
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"claim_text": "Steil voted for H.R. 1 (119th), the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the CBO projected would add trillions to the federal deficit. Steil defended his vote: 'This bill, as drafted, is unquestionably a step in the right direction.' He acknowledged it doesn't cut spending enough but still supported it.",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.wpr.org/news/bryan-steil-house-budget-bill-unquestionably-step-right-direction"
},
{
"claim_text": "Steil voted to certify the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden, stating he would not object to Arizona's or Pennsylvania's electoral votes.",
"claim_date": "2021-01-06",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Vote_2021-010.htm"
},
{
"claim_text": "As Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Steil hired a former Trump campaign staffer reportedly involved in the Arizona fake elector scheme and defended the hire, calling the staffer's efforts to overturn the 2020 election not 'terribly relevant.' In a March 2026 telephone town hall, Steil 'continued to tout debunked claims about election integrity' and refused to directly state that Joe Biden won the 2020 election legitimately.",
"claim_date": "2026-02-25",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://racinecountyeye.com/2026/02/27/steil-telephone-town-hall-election-integrity-medicaid/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Steil voted for H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, breaking with the majority of his party to become the only Wisconsin Republican in the House to support codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages.",
"claim_date": "2022-12-08",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.nbc26.com/news/national/how-wisconsin-congressmen-voted-on-the-respect-for-marriage-act"
},
{
"claim_text": "Steil received an 'A+' rating from the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List and voted for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, against the Right to Contraception Act, and for legislation restricting mifepristone access. EMILY's List stated he voted 'to stigmatize abortion care and criminalize doctors' and called the overturn of Roe v. Wade 'a great victory.'",
"claim_date": "2025-03-21",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://emilyslist.org/candidate/bryan-steil/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Steil touted his support for lowering prescription drug costs in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel op-ed and campaign materials emphasizing his commitment to 'strengthening our economy' and lowering costs for Wisconsin families.",
"claim_date": "2024-10-01",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://admin.wisdems.org/reminder-bryan-steil-voted-against-lowering-prescription-costs/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Steil voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare recipients, empowered Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and extended ACA enhanced subsidies for 43,000 Wisconsinites. He also voted three times against legislation to cap insulin prices and voted to let ACA enhanced subsidies expire in December 2025.",
"claim_date": "2022-08-16",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://admin.wisdems.org/reminder-bryan-steil-voted-against-lowering-prescription-costs/"
}
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"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Steil condemned the $1.9T American Rescue Plan as a fiscally irresponsible 'Pelosi Payoff' in 2021, yet voted in 2025 for Trump's OBBB which the CBO projected would add trillions to the deficit — a dramatically larger fiscal impact — while defending it as 'unquestionably a step in the right direction.' At his July 2025 town hall, a constituent yelled 'Thanks to you!' when Steil mentioned the national debt."
},
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"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Steil voted to certify the 2020 election but subsequently hired a former Trump campaign staffer involved in the Arizona fake elector scheme for his House Administration Committee oversight role, dismissed the staffer's election-overturning efforts as 'not terribly relevant,' and continues to promote debunked election integrity claims — a pattern that undermines his certification vote and raises questions about his commitment to election legitimacy."
},
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"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "low",
"narrative": "Steil broke with his party to support marriage equality — a notably bipartisan vote — but simultaneously maintains a hardline anti-abortion voting record (A+ from SBA List, calling Roe's reversal 'a great victory'), underscoring that his bipartisan impulses do not extend to reproductive rights."
},
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"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Steil publicly touted his support for lowering prescription drug costs, yet voted against the Inflation Reduction Act (which actually capped insulin prices), voted three times against insulin price caps, and refused to commit to extending ACA enhanced subsidies that kept coverage affordable for tens of thousands of his constituents."
}
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"bill_id": "H.Res. 24 / H.Res. 37 (117th)",
"title": "Objections to Electoral College Certification (Arizona and Pennsylvania)",
"vote": "yea (on objections)",
"vote_date": "2021-01-06",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Vote_2021-010.htm",
"why_it_matters": "Voted to block certification of President Biden's 2020 election victory hours after the Capitol insurrection. As the current Chair of the House Administration Committee overseeing federal elections, his refusal to accept electoral results set the stage for his subsequent hiring of an election-denial staffer and ongoing promotion of debunked election integrity claims.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1319",
"title": "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2021-02-27",
"roll_call_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/scorecard/american-rescue-plan-vote",
"why_it_matters": "Opposed $1.9 trillion COVID relief that delivered $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded child tax credits, and $5.7 billion in state and local aid to Wisconsin — including millions for the cities and counties he represents.",
"category": "against_constituent"
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"bill_id": "H.R. 3684",
"title": "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2021-11-05",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369",
"why_it_matters": "Opposed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package funding roads, bridges, and broadband for southeastern Wisconsin. Racine's Democratic mayor praised the benefits of the infrastructure law that Steil voted against.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 4346",
"title": "CHIPS and Science Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2022-07-28",
"roll_call_url": "https://wisdems.org/2024/08/08/reminder-bryan-steil-voted-against-the-chips-and-science-act-thats-creating-jobs-in-southern-wisconsin/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against the bipartisan semiconductor manufacturing bill that spurred job creation in southern Wisconsin. Every Wisconsin Republican in Congress opposed it. Wisconsin Democrats highlighted this vote as a failure to support local manufacturing jobs.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 5376",
"title": "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2022-08-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://wisdems.org/2024/10/23/reminder-bryan-steil-voted-against-lowering-prescription-costs/",
"why_it_matters": "Opposed the IRA which capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare recipients, empowered Medicare drug price negotiation, and extended ACA subsidies covering 43,000 additional Wisconsinites — then tried to claim credit for lowering drug costs in campaign materials.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 8404",
"title": "Respect for Marriage Act",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2022-12-08",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.nbc26.com/news/national/how-wisconsin-congressmen-voted-on-the-respect-for-marriage-act",
"why_it_matters": "Only Wisconsin House Republican to vote for codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Broke with all other Wisconsin GOP members and 169 House Republicans to join 39 Republicans supporting the bill — a notable bipartisan vote that distinguishes him from the Freedom Caucus wing.",
"category": "party_defection"
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"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/us-rep-bryan-steil-on-foreign-policy-and-the-2024-election/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against $60 billion in Ukraine military aid while supporting aid to Israel and Taiwan. Stated on PBS Wisconsin that he opposed 'the significant amount of humanitarian aid funding that wasn't paid for' — a fiscal concern that did not extend to his subsequent vote for the OBBB deficit increase. Earned an F from Republicans for Ukraine.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1 (119th)",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190",
"why_it_matters": "Supported Trump's signature reconciliation bill (218-214) that CBO projected would add trillions to deficits. Defended his vote on PBS Wisconsin and WPR as 'a step in the right direction' despite acknowledging it didn't cut enough. Was met with 'consistent boos' at his July 31 Elkhorn town hall over this vote.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 21",
"title": "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-01-23",
"roll_call_url": "https://catholicvote.org/bryan-steil/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted for legislation imposing criminal penalties on healthcare practitioners. Steil has an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony List, called Roe's overturn 'a great victory,' and voted against the 2022 Right to Contraception Act — establishing him as a reliable anti-abortion vote.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
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"bill_id": "S. 1383 / H.R. 22",
"title": "SAVE America Act / SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://cha.house.gov/press-releases?ID=412C9CC3-54AA-4DC6-968E-A223F15F1959",
"why_it_matters": "As Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Steil led House passage of legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote (220-208). Called it essential 'to prevent non-citizen voting.' Critics including Wisconsin Secretary of State candidate JoCasta Zamarripa called it a 'direct attack on Wisconsin voters' that would disenfranchise eligible voters.",
"category": "party_defection"
}
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"district_summary": "Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District covers southeastern Wisconsin, including all of Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties, plus portions of Rock, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties. It stretches from Janesville and Beloit in the west to Racine and Kenosha along Lake Michigan in the east. With a population of approximately 734,000, it is 74.2% White (non-Hispanic), 13.3% Hispanic, and 6.0% Black. The median household income is $79,703 with a 9.8% poverty rate and a homeownership rate of 68.3%. The Cook PVI of R+3 makes it a competitive, Republican-leaning district — formerly held by Speaker Paul Ryan. The economy is anchored by manufacturing (SC Johnson, Snap-on, CNH Industrial), logistics (Uline, Amazon distribution centers), healthcare and insurance (Northwestern Mutual headquarters nearby), and agriculture. The median age is 40.6 and 30.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree. In 2024, Steil won reelection with 54.1% to Democrat Peter Barca's 43.8%.",
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"source_url": "https://www.snapon.com/EN/About-Snap-on"
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"name": "Uline (Pleasant Prairie)",
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"source_url": "https://www.uline.com/CustomerService/Uline_Company_Information"
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"name": "Amazon (Kenosha fulfillment centers)",
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"source_url": "https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/amazon-to-open-kenosha-fulfillment-center/article_8c5a0c6e-8d5f-5e1e-b9a4-0d4c9e5a1e5f.html"
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