Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-27T05:47:49.099Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #56368) Resolved official: Celeste Maloy (entity #10878) Ingest result: 34 facts · 35 sources · 2 silences · 4 contradictions · 4 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": "Celeste Maloy", "bioguide_id": "M001228" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Celeste Maloy's campaign committee raised $1,884,367 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, with 48.92% from PAC contributions and only 2.11% from small individual donors ($39,728).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00052817" }, { "fact_text": "Leadership PACs were the top contributing industry at $260,600, all from PACs. Lobbyists contributed $108,630, Oil & Gas $71,575, and Retired individuals $127,086.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00052817" }, { "fact_text": "The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was the top contributor at $43,508 ($28,508 individual + $15,000 PAC). Value in Electing Women PAC contributed $35,000, E-PAC $25,000, and the National Association of Home Builders $23,500.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00052817" }, { "fact_text": "In the 2025-2026 cycle, Maloy raised $869,237 total receipts including $419,923 in PAC/committee contributions as of April 5, 2026. Top PAC donors: AIPAC ($25,000), ES3 PAC ($23,000), SpaceX PAC ($20,000), CULAC ($13,000), and Delta Air Lines PAC ($10,000).", "date_occurred": "2026-04-05", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4UT02296/?cycle=2026&election_full=false" }, { "fact_text": "Oil, gas and energy companies contributed to Maloy's 2026 campaign including $5,000 from Chevron Employees PAC and $1,000 from the National Mining Association's CoalPAC.", "date_occurred": "2026-04-17", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/04/17/utahs-us-rep-celeste-maloy-has/" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Maloy's net worth at $24,000 as of July 2025, ranking 436th in Congress — making her one of the least wealthy members. She has approximately $0 in publicly traded assets.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-14", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Fundraising+Update:+Representative+Celeste+Maloy+just+disclosed+$122.2K+of+new+fundraising" }, { "fact_text": "Maloy disclosed $122.2K in fundraising in Q2 2025, with 51% from individual donors and $222.5K cash on hand.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-14", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Fundraising+Update:+Representative+Celeste+Maloy+just+disclosed+$122.2K+of+new+fundraising" }, { "fact_text": "Maloy faces a 2026 primary challenge from Phil Lyman. By Q1 2026 she had raised over $287,000 while Lyman reported less than $5,000.", "date_occurred": "2026-04-17", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/04/17/utahs-us-rep-celeste-maloy-has/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $15,000 PAC + $28,508 individual = $43,508 via Celeste Maloy for Congress (C00842765); 2026 cycle: $25,000", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00052817" }, { "donor_entity_name": "BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $23,500 via Celeste Maloy for Congress (C00842765); 2026 cycle: $10,000", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/M001228" }, { "donor_entity_name": "SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2026 cycle: $20,000 via Celeste Maloy for Congress (C00842765)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/M001228" }, { "donor_entity_name": "DELTA AIR LINES PAC", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2026 cycle: $10,000 via Celeste Maloy for Congress (C00842765)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/M001228" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "The Trump administration's DOGE cuts to federal agencies affecting Utah veterans and public lands management", "expected_position": "As a member of the House Appropriations Committee and a representative of Utah's 2nd District, which contains Hill Air Force Base and relies heavily on BLM and National Park Service management, Maloy would be expected to address the impact of federal workforce cuts on constituent services.", "window_start": "2025-02-01", "window_end": "2025-03-20", "evidence_summary": "During this period, Maloy held a town hall with Rep. Mike Kennedy on March 20, 2025, where she addressed some concerns but was criticized by editorial writers for simply waiting for 'the process to play out.' A constituent editorial noted: 'I recently wrote to my congresswoman, Celeste Maloy, requesting her support for continuing U.S. assistance to Ukraine. ... Maloy's support for doing Trump's bidding threatens to hand Ukraine to Putin.' Maloy did not issue standalone press releases specifically addressing DOGE cuts to Utah's federal workforce.", "primary_url": "https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2024/02/21/letter-maloys-support-doing/" }, { "topic": "In-person town hall meetings and direct constituent engagement", "expected_position": "As a relatively new congresswoman who campaigned on accessibility and representing rural Utahns, Maloy would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls where constituents across her 15-county district can ask unscripted questions.", "window_start": "2025-01-03", "window_end": "2025-03-21", "evidence_summary": "Maloy and Rep. Mike Kennedy defied GOP leadership recommendations by holding a single in-person town hall on March 20, 2025 at the University of Utah, where they faced 'constant sparring' and 'boos' from a hostile crowd of approximately 250. Local press praised them for showing up while noting the rest of Utah's delegation was 'hiding under their desks.' Maloy acknowledged: 'I knew not everyone was going to come here and agree with everything I said tonight... I hope even if you hated everything I said, even if you hate me and you hope I get hit by a bus tonight, I hope you at least appreciate that there is a place you can come.'", "primary_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51279927/reps-maloy-kennedy-face-hostile-town-hall-crowd-angry-with-trump-doge" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Maloy campaigned as a fiscal conservative who would fight for 'balanced budgets to stop the out of control reckless spending in Washington' and has 'made fiscal responsibility a top priority' while vowing to 'save taxpayers $9 billion each year' on the House Appropriations Committee.", "claim_date": "2024-11-05", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.celesteforutah.com/" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy voted for H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on July 3, 2025, which the Congressional Budget Office projected would add approximately $2.4 trillion to the national deficit over 10 years. Maloy celebrated the bill as reflecting 'common sense and accountability' and putting 'hardworking American families and our most vulnerable first.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-03", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1613" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy proposed an amendment to Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' to sell approximately 11,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in southwestern Utah for affordable housing and infrastructure.", "claim_date": "2025-05-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/05/22/maloys-public-land-sell-off-struck/" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy's public lands amendment was stripped from the final reconciliation bill after 'immense pushback from conservationists, sportsmen and other groups.' Critics noted 'nothing in the legislation requires the parcels sold off in this bill to be used for public purposes and there are no limitations on how the lands can be used once sold.'", "claim_date": "2025-05-22", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://suwa.org/representative-maloy-schemes-to-sell-off-public-lands/" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy stated on the Ukraine war: 'I have always supported arming the Ukrainians, but while America is in debt over $34 trillion, and without certainty our funds will reach the Ukrainian war effort, I voted against sending billions of additional taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.'", "claim_date": "2024-04-20", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://gopforukraine.com/legislator/celeste-maloy/" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy visited Ukraine in August 2024 on a congressional trip, later stating the experience was 'really eye-opening' and that 'democracies around the world are watching what we do.' She maintained her opposition to the supplemental funding bill despite the trip.", "claim_date": "2024-08-26", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://ksub590.com/maloy-recounts-recent-trip-to-ukraine/" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy introduced the Public Land Search and Rescue Act to 'establish a grant program to assist states with the costs of search and rescue activities on federal land' and the STARS Act to designate entrance-fee free days at National Park Service sites — policies that ostensibly support public lands access.", "claim_date": "2025-06-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1574" }, { "claim_text": "Maloy simultaneously introduced legislation to sell thousands of acres of public land, co-led a Congressional Review Act resolution to undo the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan, and voted for a resolution overturning an FHWA greenhouse gas emissions rule. Environmental groups and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance have opposed her public lands positions.", "claim_date": "2026-03-04", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://www.nrdc.org/press-release/senator-lee-rep-maloy-introduce-joint-resolution-undo-grand-staircase-escalante" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Maloy campaigned on fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, and cutting waste, yet voted for the OBBB which the CBO projected would add $2.4 trillion to the national deficit — making her promise to 'stop out of control reckless spending' incompatible with her vote for one of the largest deficit-expanding bills in modern history." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Maloy framed her public lands sale amendment as benefiting affordable housing and infrastructure, but the amendment contained no requirements that sold land be used for public purposes, and would have allowed unrestricted private development — contradicting her stated public-benefit rationale." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "reversal", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Maloy said she 'always supported arming the Ukrainians' but voted against the $60.8 billion Ukraine supplemental, citing fiscal concerns. Her subsequent trip to Ukraine did not change her position, earning her an 'F' grade from Republicans for Ukraine and an anti-Ukraine statement flag. She voted for a consolidated 2024 appropriations bill including some Ukraine aid, but consistently opposed standalone Ukraine aid bills." }, { "claim_a_idx": 6, "claim_b_idx": 7, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Maloy sponsors bills to improve public lands access (search and rescue funding, National Park fee-free days) while simultaneously working to sell off public lands to private interests and undoing national monument protections — a dual-track approach that outdoor recreation groups and conservationists characterize as contradictory." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1 (119th Congress) / One Big Beautiful Bill Act", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1613", "why_it_matters": "Voted for Trump's signature reconciliation bill that CBO projected would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit. Celebrated it as putting 'hardworking American families and our most vulnerable first' despite analyses showing the tax benefits skewed toward corporations and higher earners. Her public lands sale amendment was stripped from the final bill.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://gopforukraine.com/legislator/celeste-maloy/", "why_it_matters": "Voted against $60.8 billion in Ukraine military aid citing $34 trillion in national debt. Earned an 'F' grade from Republicans for Ukraine. Made an anti-Ukraine statement. Not in office for most prior Ukraine votes, but voted for consolidated 2024 appropriations that included some Ukraine funding — a fiscally inconsistent position given her later vote for the OBBB deficit increase.", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29 / S. 5", "title": "Laken Riley Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/07/laken-riley-act-house-vote/", "why_it_matters": "Voted for legislation mandating ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of theft offenses. Bill passed 263-156 with 46 Democratic votes. Consistent with her emphasis on border security following a trip to Eagle Pass, Texas.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 21", "title": "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-23", "roll_call_url": "https://trackbill.com/bill/us-congress-house-bill-21-born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act/1186984/", "why_it_matters": "Voted for legislation imposing criminal penalties on healthcare practitioners following failed abortions. As a congresswoman who is 'unapologetically pro-life' and supports the Dobbs decision, this vote is consistent with her record. Also voted to oppose the DOD policy providing servicemembers with travel reimbursements for abortion services.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 22", "title": "SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-04-10", "roll_call_url": "https://legis1.com/immigration-roundup-dhs-oversight-clashes-save-act-vote-and-shutdown-threats/", "why_it_matters": "Voted with near-unanimous Republican support to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Critics called it a 'voter suppression tool.' Irony: Maloy herself was nearly removed from Utah voter rolls for failing to vote in two consecutive elections while working in Washington, D.C., and had her own voter eligibility challenged during her 2023 primary.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 2882", "title": "Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-03-22", "roll_call_url": "https://gopforukraine.com/legislator/celeste-maloy/", "why_it_matters": "As a House Appropriations Committee member, voted for the large government funding package that kept the government open. Her support for this $1.2 trillion spending bill contrasts with her campaign messaging on 'fiscal responsibility' and was one of her earliest votes in Congress.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7147", "title": "Continuing Resolution (2024)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-01-18", "roll_call_url": "https://ksub590.com/congressperson-celeste-maloy-advocates-for-spending-bills-over-continuing-resolutions/", "why_it_matters": "Voted against the continuing resolution alongside about half of House Republicans. Explained she was 'really hopeful that we would get to spending bills and not do another continuing resolution' — positioning herself as a fiscal reformer demanding regular-order appropriations.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 5376", "title": "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (vote to repeal EV tax credits / Section 134 of Clean Air Act)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-03-22", "roll_call_url": "https://data.commercialappeal.com/roll-call/2024-house-104/", "why_it_matters": "Voted to repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund established under the Clean Air Act, part of a broader effort to claw back IRA climate spending. Consistent with the OBBB provision 'rescinding wasteful IRA dollars and terminating tax credits for electric vehicles.'", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.J.Res.", "title": "Congressional Review Act Resolution to Overturn FHWA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule", "vote": "sponsor", "vote_date": "2024-02-09", "roll_call_url": "https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1633", "why_it_matters": "Joined colleagues on a CRA joint resolution of disapproval to overturn a Federal Highway Administration rule requiring states to set declining CO2 emissions targets. Reflected her broader push against executive branch environmental regulations affecting transportation and public lands.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res. (118th Congress)", "title": "Impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-02-13", "roll_call_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/569", "why_it_matters": "Voted to impeach Mayorkas on her first impeachment vote in Congress, joining all Utah Republicans. Reflected her hardline immigration stance following her border trip to Eagle Pass.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Utah's 2nd Congressional District covers the largely rural western and southern portions of Utah, including St. George, Cedar City, Tooele, and portions of Salt Lake City and Davis County. It has a population of approximately 852,435 with a median household income of $86,300 — well above the national median. The district is 74.4% White (non-Hispanic) with a significant Hispanic population of 19.6%. The median age is 34.1, significantly younger than the national average. With a Cook PVI of R+11, it is the least Republican district in Utah but still solidly red. The economy is anchored by Hill Air Force Base (one of Utah's largest employers), defense contracting, tourism (Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Lake Powell), outdoor recreation, and energy development. 33.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree. The district contains vast federal land holdings that make public lands management a central political issue — approximately 70% of the land in Utah is federally controlled. The poverty rate is 6.4%, well below the national average. Homeownership stands at 68.1%.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Hill Air Force Base", "employees": 21000, "source_url": "https://www.recruitingconnection.org/2026/03/17/35-biggest-employers-in-utah/" }, { "name": "Intermountain Healthcare", "employees": 24000, "source_url": "https://www.recruitingconnection.org/2026/03/17/35-biggest-employers-in-utah/" }, { "name": "State of Utah", "employees": 22000, "source_url": "https://www.recruitingconnection.org/2026/03/17/35-biggest-employers-in-utah/" }, { "name": "Zion National Park / National Park Service (southern Utah operations)", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/management/index.htm" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "92", "share": 0.18, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "naics": "62", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.13, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Utah Constitutional Amendment A — Allow income tax funding for all state needs; eliminate sales tax on food (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "majority yes", "source_url": "https://ltgovernor.utah.gov/carousel/public-notice-full-text-of-proposed-constitutional-amendments/" }, { "name": "Utah Constitutional Amendment D — Legislature power over ballot initiatives (2024 — voided by Utah Supreme Court)", "year": 2024, "result": "nullified", "margin": "Utah Supreme Court upheld ruling voiding the amendment; votes not counted", "source_url": "https://kutv.com/news/politics/ballot-measure-to-give-utah-lawmakers-final-power-over-voter-initiatives-will-remain-void" }, { "name": "Proposition 4 (2018) — Independent Redistricting Commission", "year": 2018, "result": "passed", "margin": "50.3% yes to 49.7% no", "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51089704/blake-moore-helped-create-utah-redistricting-commission-he-says-its-gone-beyond-original-goal" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$86,300", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "label": "Population (2024)", "value": "852,435", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "label": "White (Non-Hispanic)", "value": "74.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/celeste-maloy-M001228/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic", "value": "19.6%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "68.1%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "label": "Median age", "value": "34.1", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-ut" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "6.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/celeste-maloy-M001228/district" } ] } } }