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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-27T06:55:02.019Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #56388)
Resolved official: Cleo Fields (entity #10863)
Ingest result: 40 facts · 41 sources · 2 silences · 3 contradictions · 10 voting_records · 5 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": "Cleo Fields",
"bioguide_id": "F000110"
},
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{
"fact_text": "Cleo Fields raised $1,225,242 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, spending $1,187,802 with $37,440 cash on hand as of December 31, 2024. Louisiana Families First PAC spent $300,827 in independent expenditures supporting his candidacy.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=A&id=LA06"
},
{
"fact_text": "Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana) PAC contributed $10,000, making it the top PAC donor to Fields' 2025-2026 cycle. The Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee contributed $5,000, as did the American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC.",
"date_occurred": "2026-03-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/F000110"
},
{
"fact_text": "Fields raised $65,100 in Q1 2026 and $43,100 in Q2 2025 according to FEC disclosures. He raised $384,000 in the 2026 cycle as of April 2026.",
"date_occurred": "2026-04-15",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Congressman+Cleo+Fields+Responds+to+Tragic+Mass+Shooting+in+Shreveport"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Fields' net worth at approximately $40.12 million as of October 2025, ranking 38th highest in Congress. He has executed 180 total trades with $20.02 million in trade volume, primarily in information technology stocks including NVIDIA, Alphabet, Apple, Netflix, and Oracle.",
"date_occurred": "2025-10-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Cleo Fields-F000110"
},
{
"fact_text": "Fields purchased between $80,000 and $200,000 worth of Oracle stock on September 17, 2025, just days before President Trump announced Oracle would play a leading role in TikTok's U.S. spinoff. He also purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of Netflix stock on multiple dates in October-November 2025, weeks before Netflix announced its $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.",
"date_occurred": "2025-11-20",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/rep-cleo-fields-bought-up-to-1-5m-in-netflix-stock-just-before-warner-bros-deal/"
},
{
"fact_text": "The Louisiana Board of Ethics fined Fields $2,500 in December 2025 for failing to file a required campaign finance report documenting remaining funds and debts for a campaign account from his Public Service Commission run more than 20 years ago.",
"date_occurred": "2025-12-08",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/louisiana-ethics-board-fines-congressman-191617041.html"
},
{
"fact_text": "Fields sits on the House Financial Services Committee and its Subcommittee on Capital Markets, which has jurisdiction over securities, exchanges, and banking regulation.",
"date_occurred": "2025-01-15",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://financialservices.house.gov/119th-congress-subcommittees/subcommittee-on-capital-markets.htm"
},
{
"fact_text": "Fields stated regarding his stock trading: 'I've been trading stocks for a while, and it didn't start when I was in Congress. And I don't intend to stop while I'm in Congress.' He said he reports all trades within 30 days, exceeding the 45-day STOCK Act requirement.",
"date_occurred": "2025-10-06",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.redriverradio.org/news/2025-10-06/la-congressman-cleo-fields-pushes-back-against-insider-trading-accusations"
}
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"donor_entity_name": "LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE & INDEMNITY COMPANY DBA BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA PAC",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2026 cycle: $10,000 via Cleo Fields for Congress",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/F000110"
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"donor_entity_name": "AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)",
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"description": "2026 cycle: $5,000 via Cleo Fields for Congress",
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"donor_entity_name": "CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS",
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"description": "2026 cycle: $5,000 via Cleo Fields for Congress",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/F000110"
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"donor_entity_name": "INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE",
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"description": "2026 cycle: $5,000 via Cleo Fields for Congress",
"confidence": "primary",
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"donor_entity_name": "ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC)",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2026 cycle: $4,000 via Cleo Fields for Congress",
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"topic": "Laken Riley Act — missed the House floor vote entirely",
"expected_position": "As a freshman Democratic congressman from a majority-Black district where 3.78% of residents are foreign-born, Fields would be expected to cast a vote on this major immigration enforcement bill. The bill required mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of theft offenses and passed with 46 Democratic votes joining all Republicans.",
"window_start": "2025-01-07",
"window_end": "2025-01-07",
"evidence_summary": "Fields did not vote on the Laken Riley Act, making him one of only a handful of lawmakers absent for this high-profile vote. A constituent letter to the Advocate noted 'Fields did not vote on the Laken Riley Act for some reason.' Fields' official House press release archive contains no statement explaining his absence, and he has not addressed the missed vote in subsequent town halls. During this period, he was actively issuing statements on other topics including his swearing-in, his committee assignments, and redistricting litigation.",
"primary_url": "https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/letters-laken-riley-act/article_22d95610-8b9d-55bf-aa23-03aabc71a899.html"
},
{
"topic": "U.S. military aid to Israel and the Gaza war",
"expected_position": "As a progressive Democrat and the first Black congressman from Louisiana's newly drawn majority-minority district, Fields would be expected to articulate a clear position on continued U.S. military aid to Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza — an issue that has sharply divided the Democratic caucus.",
"window_start": "2025-01-03",
"window_end": "2026-04-27",
"evidence_summary": "Fields issued a statement on June 24, 2025 regarding U.S. involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict, saying 'America should not be entangled in the Iran-Israel conflict' and 'our priority should be diplomacy and de-escalation.' However, he has not issued a standalone statement on U.S. military aid to Israel, on the humanitarian conditions in Gaza, on Palestinian rights, or on any ceasefire resolution. His office has not disclosed whether he has accepted AIPAC-affiliated contributions, unlike many members who publicly report or refuse such donations.",
"primary_url": "https://fields.house.gov/media/press-releases"
}
],
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"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "Fields campaigned as a progressive Democrat focused on civil rights, voting rights, and criminal justice reform. He advocates for 'big investments in election equipment and staffing, shorter lines at the polls, easier mail voting, and a constitutional amendment to allow stricter campaign-finance rules.'",
"claim_date": "2025-03-01",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://poliscore.us/legislator/F000110"
},
{
"claim_text": "In 1996, Fields voted for the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), which the Vera Institute described as having consequences 'nothing short of devastating,' creating expanded categories for mandatory deportation and detention including for minor drug possession or shoplifting. The law has been widely criticized by criminal justice reform advocates as a cornerstone of mass incarceration and deportation infrastructure.",
"claim_date": "1996-09-25",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://meetthefreshmen.marathonstrategies.com/meet-the-freshmen/837/cleo-fields/#_edn1"
},
{
"claim_text": "Fields sits on the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Capital Markets, which writes laws governing financial markets and the securities industry. He has introduced and co-sponsored legislation to expand healthcare access, build affordable housing, and raise the minimum wage.",
"claim_date": "2025-02-01",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://financialservices.house.gov/119th-congress-subcommittees/subcommittee-on-capital-markets.htm"
},
{
"claim_text": "Fields purchased $80,000-$200,000 in Oracle stock days before a Trump executive order benefiting the company, and later bought $100,001-$250,000 in Netflix stock weeks before its $82.7 billion Warner Bros acquisition was announced. When questioned, Fields responded: 'I've been trading stocks for a while. ... I don't intend to stop while I'm in Congress.' PoliScore noted: 'Those actions are legal but raise fair questions.'",
"claim_date": "2025-12-11",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/rep-cleo-fields-bought-up-to-1-5m-in-netflix-stock-just-before-warner-bros-deal/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Fields has a 48% pro-life voting record with Louisiana Right to Life, a mixed record that includes voting against an abortion pill restriction measure in April 2022. In the 119th Congress, he voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and has been endorsed by pro-choice groups including Planned Parenthood.",
"claim_date": "2025-01-23",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://meetthefreshmen.marathonstrategies.com/meet-the-freshmen/837/cleo-fields/#_edn1"
},
{
"claim_text": "The Louisiana Board of Ethics fined Fields $2,500 for failing to file a required campaign finance report for an account from his Public Service Commission run more than 20 years prior. This followed a 1997 incident in which FBI surveillance footage showed Fields accepting a large sum of cash from former Governor Edwin Edwards, who was later convicted on corruption charges.",
"claim_date": "2025-12-08",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/louisiana-ethics-board-fines-congressman-191617041.html"
}
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"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Fields now campaigns as a progressive champion of civil rights and criminal justice reform, but in 1996 he voted for IIRIRA — a law that criminal justice reform advocates consider one of the most destructive pieces of immigration legislation in American history, responsible for massively expanding mandatory detention and deportation for minor offenses."
},
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"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Fields serves on the Financial Services Committee that regulates securities markets while actively trading stocks with suspicious timing — buying Oracle just before a Trump executive order and Netflix just before its Warner Bros acquisition — and publicly stating he has no intention to stop. PoliScore characterized these trades as 'legal but raising fair questions' about conflicts of interest."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 4,
"claim_b_idx": 5,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Fields campaigns on good governance and public integrity, yet was fined $2,500 by the Louisiana Board of Ethics for missing campaign finance reports, and old FBI surveillance footage shows him accepting cash from a governor later convicted of corruption — a history that complicates his present-day reformist platform."
}
]
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1 (119th Congress)",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://fields.house.gov/taxonomy/term/4?page=4",
"why_it_matters": "Joined every House Democrat in voting against the bill, calling it 'the largest cut to healthcare and food assistance in American history.' Louisiana would have lost Medicaid coverage for an estimated 496,000 residents. Fields called the bill 'one big ugly bill' at a town hall and outlined three counter-proposals including tuition-free public college after eight years of Louisiana public school service.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 22",
"title": "SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://data.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/roll-call/member/fields-cleo/F000110/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, consistent with his record as a voting rights advocate. Fields has supported big investments in election equipment, easier mail voting, and a constitutional amendment for public campaign finance matching. The bill passed 220-208.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 21",
"title": "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-01-23",
"roll_call_url": "https://data.oklahoman.com/roll-call/born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act/2025-house-027/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted with all but one House Democrat against legislation imposing criminal penalties on healthcare practitioners in failed abortion cases. The bill passed 217-204. Fields' vote aligns with his consistent support for abortion rights as documented by the Times-Picayune.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 29 / S. 5",
"title": "Laken Riley Act",
"vote": "not voting",
"vote_date": "2025-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters/letters-laken-riley-act/article_22d95610-8b9d-55bf-aa23-03aabc71a899.html",
"why_it_matters": "Missed this high-profile vote on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of theft. A constituent letter criticized his absence. The bill passed 263-156 with 46 Democratic votes. Fields' failure to cast a vote left his district without representation on a major immigration enforcement measure.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 4758",
"title": "Homeowner Energy Freedom Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2026-02-25",
"roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/cleo-fields-F000110/votes",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against legislation that would preempt state and local energy efficiency standards. Consistent with his broader climate and energy positions. The bill passed the House largely along party lines.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 4626",
"title": "Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2026-02-25",
"roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/cleo-fields-F000110/votes",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against legislation to preempt state regulation of home appliances. Consistent with his party's position opposing federal preemption of consumer and environmental standards.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "S.J.Res. — War Powers Resolution (Iran)",
"title": "War Powers Resolution regarding military action against Iran",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2026-03-11",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/news/politics/us-rep-cleo-fields-addresses-iran-conflict-federal-agents-more-at-town-hall-in-shreveport/article_9e8f2c3a-fd1a-5ded-a4f5-b7a8e4c6d3f2.html",
"why_it_matters": "Voted in favor of a War Powers Resolution to limit executive military action against Iran. At a Shreveport town hall, Fields said the U.S. 'should not be entangled in the Iran-Israel conflict' and that 'our priority should be diplomacy and de-escalation.'",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 2189",
"title": "Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2026-02-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/cleo-fields-F000110/votes",
"why_it_matters": "Notable given Fields' sponsorship of a 2022 Louisiana bill to prevent 'rogue officers' from being hired by other police departments, reflecting a nuanced stance on law enforcement accountability. He voted against this Republican-led bill despite its de-escalation framing.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 261",
"title": "Undersea Cable Protection Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2026-02-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/cleo-fields-F000110/votes",
"why_it_matters": "One of Fields' more notable votes, reflecting his consistent Democratic caucus alignment. He has voted with the Democratic party 97% of the time across 360 recorded roll call votes in the 119th Congress.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 14 / Senate Amendment",
"title": "FY 2025 Budget Resolution — Senate Amendment Concurrence",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://data.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/roll-call/member/fields-cleo/F000110/",
"why_it_matters": "Voted against the Republican budget framework along with all Democrats. The resolution established parameters for the reconciliation bill that would later become the OBBB, which Fields vocally opposed for its cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.",
"category": "party_defection"
}
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