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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-28T07:52:12.092Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #58879)
Resolved official: Troy E. Nehls (entity #10987)
Ingest result: 31 facts · 27 sources · 3 contradictions · 7 voting_records
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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"target_official": {
"name": "Troy E. Nehls",
"bioguide_id": "N000026"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "In the 2023-2024 cycle, Nehls raised $834,455 with Oil & Gas as the top contributing industry ($91,595), followed by Retired ($82,198), Railroads ($68,700), General Contractors ($49,600), and Republican/Conservative ($38,061).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046067"
},
{
"fact_text": "Nehls' top contributor in the 2023-2024 cycle was Herzog Contracting at $30,600, followed by House Freedom Fund ($22,200), Pure Play Orthopedics ($15,000), KBR Builders ($10,000), and National Auto Dealers Assn ($10,000).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046067"
},
{
"fact_text": "Nehls' 2023-2024 campaign funding came 50.76% from PAC contributions ($431,271), 41.81% from large individual contributions, and only 7.43% from small donors under $200, with zero candidate self-financing.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046067"
},
{
"fact_text": "Nehls has been rated 'Strongly supports crypto' by Stand With Crypto, having voted for the CLARITY Act, GENIUS Act, H.J. Res. 25 (IRS crypto broker rule disapproval), and the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. He has tweeted in support of Bitcoin, including '#Bitcoin' and posting about the BITCOIN Act.",
"date_occurred": "2025-07-17",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.dotheysupportit.com/people/troy---nehls/crypto"
},
{
"fact_text": "The Office of Congressional Ethics found probable cause that Nehls converted campaign funds to personal use, paying more than $25,000 in rent to Liberty 1776 LLC — a company his campaign established with Nehls as the registered agent and sole operator. Nehls declined to cooperate with the investigation. The House Ethics Committee continues to investigate.",
"date_occurred": "2024-05-10",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://apnews.com/article/troy-nehls-texas-republican-campaign-ethics-investigation-147d702a83e3fab96a874cb757bbaa3f"
},
{
"fact_text": "As of September 2025, Nehls was in violation of the STOCK Act, having failed to file his annual personal financial disclosure report despite a 90-day extension that expired on August 13, 2025.",
"date_occurred": "2025-09-08",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09/rep-troy-nehls-who-built-a-career-on-law-and-order-is-in-violation-of-financial-disclosure-requirements/"
},
{
"fact_text": "The U.S. Army revoked Nehls' Combat Infantryman Badge in 2023 after determining it was awarded in error — Nehls served as a civil affairs officer, not as an infantryman. Despite this, Nehls continued wearing the CIB lapel pin until June 2024 when he announced he would stop following media coverage and accusations of 'stolen valor.'",
"date_occurred": "2024-06-26",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/07/01/congressmans-former-commander-confirms-disputed-bronze-star/"
},
{
"fact_text": "Nehls serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He announced on November 30, 2025 that he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026.",
"date_occurred": "2025-11-30",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://nehls.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Nehls' net worth at approximately $378,500 as of April 2026, ranking 418th highest in Congress.",
"date_occurred": "2026-04-22",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Net+Worth+Update%3A+Representative+William+R.+Keating+Lost+an+Estimated+%241.4M+in+the+Stock+Market+Last+Month"
},
{
"fact_text": "Nehls was the registered agent for Liberty 1776 LLC, a company that received over $25,000 in rent payments from his campaign. He failed to disclose any income from Liberty 1776 on required financial disclosure forms.",
"date_occurred": "2024-05-10",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/10/troy-nehls-texas-ethics-investigation-campaign-funds/"
}
],
"connections": [
{
"donor_entity_name": "House Freedom Fund",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2023-2024 cycle: $22,200 ($15,200 individuals, $7,000 PAC)",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046067"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "National Auto Dealers Assn",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2023-2024 cycle: $10,000 from PAC",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046067"
}
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"silences": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "No documented silence meeting all requirements (confirmed window, adjacent-activity evidence URL, and falsifiable expected position from primary or secondary sources) was identified."
},
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "Nehls built his political persona on his tenure as sheriff of Fort Bend County, running on a 'law and order' platform. His campaign slogan emphasizes 'law and order' and commitment to enforcing the law.",
"claim_date": "2020-10-22",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://www.johntfloyd.com/peoples-sheriff-troy-nehls-is-a-bad-cop/"
},
{
"claim_text": "In May 2024, the Office of Congressional Ethics unanimously found probable cause that Nehls converted campaign funds to personal use. In September 2025, Nehls was in violation of the STOCK Act for failing to disclose his personal finances — a federal transparency law — months past the extended deadline.",
"claim_date": "2025-09-08",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09/rep-troy-nehls-who-built-a-career-on-law-and-order-is-in-violation-of-financial-disclosure-requirements/"
},
{
"claim_text": "On April 26, 2023, Nehls proudly voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act, stating it 'responsibly raises the debt ceiling while saving $4.8 trillion over ten years.'",
"claim_date": "2023-04-26",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://nehls.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-troy-e-nehls-votes-limit-save-grow-act-2023"
},
{
"claim_text": "On May 31, 2023, Nehls voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the final bipartisan debt ceiling compromise. He was among 71 Republicans who voted no while 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats supported it.",
"claim_date": "2023-05-31",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-voted-against-debt-ceiling-bill/"
},
{
"claim_text": "On July 3, 2025, Nehls voted 'YES' on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling it 'promises made, promises kept,' sending it to Trump's desk.",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://nehls.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-troy-e-nehls-votes-yes-send-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-president-trumps-desk"
},
{
"claim_text": "On July 8, 2025 — five days later — Nehls became the first Republican cosponsor of the FAIR BET Act, a Democratic bill to repeal a gambling tax provision included in the OBBBA that reduced the deduction for gambling losses from 100% to 90%. Nehls told Newsweek he 'strongly disagree[s]' with the provision.",
"claim_date": "2025-07-08",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.newsweek.com/troy-nehls-backs-push-repeal-gambling-tax-measure-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-2096109"
}
],
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"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Nehls brands himself as the 'law and order' candidate and former sheriff, yet he has been found by the OCE to have probable cause for converting campaign funds to personal use (a potential violation of federal law) and has violated the STOCK Act by failing to file required financial disclosures. Sources are from different hostnames (johntfloyd.com vs. opensecrets.org)."
},
{
"claim_a_idx": 2,
"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Nehls voted for the GOP debt ceiling bill in April 2023 calling it 'responsible,' then voted against the final bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act just 35 days later — a reversal on the same policy question of whether to suspend the debt ceiling. The final bill was a compromise that 149 Republicans supported. Sources are from different hostnames (nehls.house.gov vs. cbsnews.com)."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 4,
"claim_b_idx": 5,
"type": "same_source_inconsistency",
"severity": "low",
"narrative": "Nehls voted for the OBBBA calling it 'promises made, promises kept,' then five days later cosponsored a Democratic bill to repeal a provision within it. Both quotes are documented in independent sources (nehls.house.gov and newsweek.com, different hostnames), but the contradiction reflects his acknowledgment that large bills contain provisions he opposes — a common legislative dynamic."
}
]
},
"telling_votes": [
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"bill_id": "H.Res. 24",
"title": "Objecting to Pennsylvania's Electoral College certification (January 6, 2021)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2021-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls helped barricade the House chamber doors against the January 6 mob alongside Capitol Police officers, personally witnessing the violence. Hours later, he voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania's electoral votes — granting the mob's demand to overturn the election. His district, TX-22, is a suburban, majority-minority, highly-educated district (47% bachelor's+) that voted for Trump by only a narrow margin for the district's partisan lean, and whose constituents have a material interest in democratic stability and rule of law.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 3746",
"title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2023-05-31",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3746",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted against preventing a catastrophic U.S. default in the wealthiest congressional district in Texas (median income $110,835, homeownership 75.7%). Default would have devastated his district's high homeownership, retirement accounts, and financial sector employment. 149 Republicans supported the compromise; Nehls joined 71 who voted no, prioritizing fiscal messaging over preventing potential economic catastrophe for his affluent suburban constituents.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.1 billion Ukraine aid)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://nehls.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-troy-e-nehls-votes-no-foreign-aid-package",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted against Ukraine military aid, declaring 'border security was our hill to die on.' He voted with 112 Republicans against the bill while 101 Republicans and 210 Democrats supported it. Nehls opposed every foreign aid bill in the package (Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan), breaking from many GOP defense hawks. His opposition to even the Israel aid bill — despite being one of the GOP's strongest Israel defenders per World Israel News — underscores his 'America First' prioritization over military alliances.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump budget reconciliation — tax cuts, Medicaid cuts, SNAP changes)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted for the OBBBA, which included an estimated $1 trillion+ in Medicaid cuts. His district's poverty rate is 7.98% with 65,900 residents below the poverty line, and the bill's Medicaid and SNAP changes disproportionately affect lower-income and minority residents (29.4% Hispanic, 12.2% Black). His top donor sector Oil & Gas ($91,595) benefited from the bill's energy provisions, while constituent safety-net interests were subordinated to party-line fiscal priorities.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 23",
"title": "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warrant)",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2025-01-09",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/23",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted to sanction the ICC. He is described as 'one of the GOP's strongest defenders after October 7' who 'opposed every attempt to restrict or condition U.S. support for Israel' per World Israel News. While AIPAC is not among his top listed donors, his pro-Israel alignment is ideological and consistent — he cosponsored the Israel Relations Normalization Act and backed the Israel Security Assistance Support Act.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 3233",
"title": "National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act",
"vote": "nay_unverified",
"vote_date": "2021-05-19",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted against establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack that he personally experienced and helped defend against. All 217 Democrats and 35 Republicans voted yes; Nehls joined 175 Republicans in opposition. He had witnessed the mob break glass panels inches from his face and stood with Capitol Police to defend the chamber, yet voted to block an independent investigation into the attack.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 14",
"title": "Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution (Trump budget framework — groundwork for $4.5 trillion tax cuts, $1.5 trillion in program cuts)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-02-25",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/14",
"why_it_matters": "Nehls voted to advance the budget resolution that set the stage for the OBBBA's tax cuts and program cuts. The resolution passed 216-214 on a near-party-line vote. Nehls' vote aligned with his Oil & Gas donors ($91,595) who benefit from tax provisions and energy deregulation, while his district's 65,900 residents in poverty face potential safety-net reductions. The margin illustrates the significance of every Republican vote.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
}
],
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"baseline": {
"district_summary": "Texas's 22nd Congressional District covers a largely suburban southwestern portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, including portions of Fort Bend, Harris, and Brazoria counties. The district is deeply Republican (Cook PVI R+22 to R+24) but is a majority-minority district: 45.7% White, 29.4% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 12.2% Black. It is the wealthiest congressional district in Texas with a median household income of $110,835 — well above the national median of $37,585. The poverty rate is 7.98%, homeownership is 75.7%, and 47% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The economy centers on healthcare, professional services, education, and energy. Median age is 37.5. Key concerns include immigration policy, tax rates (given the high income and home values), healthcare access, and school quality. Nehls won reelection with 62.7% in 2024.",
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},
{
"name": "Katy Independent School District",
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"source_url": "https://www.katyisd.org/Page/223"
},
{
"name": "Memorial Hermann Health System",
"employees": 27000,
"source_url": "https://www.houston.org/houston-data/employers"
},
{
"name": "Schlumberger (Sugar Land campus)",
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"source_url": "https://www.slb.com/about/who-we-are"
}
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{
"name": "Proposition 1 — Right to Farm, Ranch, and Harvest Wildlife",
"year": 2023,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "79.3% Yes, 20.7% No statewide",
"source_url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/07/texas-constitutional-amendments-election-results/"
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"name": "Fort Bend County Mobility Bond ($712.6 million for road and mobility projects)",
"year": 2023,
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"margin": "64% Yes, 36% No",
"source_url": "https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7489/"
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"label": "Median household income (2024 ACS)",
"value": "$110,835",
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"label": "Population (2024 estimate)",
"value": "833,743",
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"value": "75.7%",
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"value": "15.0%",
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