Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-02T22:11:49.671Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74884) Resolved official: Kirsten Gillibrand (entity #1127) Ingest result: 39 facts · 38 sources · 3 contradictions · 8 voting_records · 6 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": "Kirsten Gillibrand", "bioguide_id": "G000555" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career total raised (2005-2024): $71,797,456. Top contributing industry: Lawyers/Law Firms at $10,310,259, followed by Securities & Investment ($7,900,976), Retired ($3,859,319), Real Estate ($3,073,874), and Women's Issues ($2,321,764).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/summary?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "Top career contributor: Boies, Schiller & Flexner at $980,694 (all individual contributions). Other top contributors include Davis Polk & Wardwell ($911,732), AIPAC ($481,614 — $471,614 individuals, $10,000 PAC), Corning Inc ($454,202 — $431,702 individuals, $22,500 PAC), and Paul, Weiss et al ($377,288).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "Additional top contributors include JPMorgan Chase ($245,533), Wachtell Lipton ($241,353), Sullivan & Cromwell ($227,867), Blackstone Group ($226,937), Morgan Stanley ($225,891), EMILY's List ($222,555), Goldman Sachs ($218,191), and Pfizer ($175,829).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "In the 2024 election cycle, Gillibrand received over $217,000 in campaign contributions from individuals associated with prominent crypto firms — including Coinbase, Ripple, Uniswap Labs, Andreessen Horowitz, and dYdX Trading — while serving as lead Democratic co-sponsor of the GENIUS Act stablecoin regulation bill.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://beincrypto.com/crypto-firms-gave-217000-gillibrand-stablecoin-bill-advances/" }, { "fact_text": "In Q2 2022, Gillibrand raised thousands from crypto executives including FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ($5,800), FTX US president Brett Harrison, and Gemini's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.", "date_occurred": "2022-06-30", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/157856/crypto-execs-gave-more-than-150000-to-sen-gillibrand-in-q2" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Gillibrand's net worth at $1.1 million as of August 2025, the 317th highest in Congress. She disclosed assets including up to $1,000,000 in Citi, up to $250,000 in TrustCo Bank, and up to $250,000 in United States Senate Federal Credit Union. She has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver is able to track.", "date_occurred": "2025-08-25", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Senator+Kirsten+E.+Gillibrand+has+filed+a+new+financial+disclosure+-+here%E2%80%99s+what+we+see" }, { "fact_text": "Gillibrand raised $203,600 in Q2 2025, with 81.8% from individual donors, holding $1.4M cash on hand at the end of the period.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-15", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Senator+Kirsten+E.+Gillibrand+has+filed+a+new+financial+disclosure+-+here%E2%80%99s+what+we+see" }, { "fact_text": "Gillibrand is a former securities lawyer (Davis Polk & Wardwell) who worked on Philip Morris litigation and represented HUD under Secretary Andrew Cuomo. She was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton's seat and previously served in the U.S. House (NY-20, 2007-2009). She serves on the Senate Armed Services, Appropriations, and Intelligence committees and chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2026 cycle.", "date_occurred": "2025-01-03", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Boies, Schiller & Flexner", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2005-2024: $980,694 via individual contributions. Gillibrand's single largest career contributor.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2005-2024: $481,614 via individual ($471,614) and PAC ($10,000) contributions. Gillibrand is a consistent supporter of military aid to Israel, voting against Sanders resolutions to block arms sales.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Corning Inc", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2005-2024: $454,202 via individual ($431,702) and PAC ($22,500) contributions. Corning is a major New York employer headquartered in Steuben County.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "EMILY's List", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2005-2024: $222,555 via individual ($196,430) and PAC ($26,125) contributions. EMILY's List has been a major supporter throughout Gillibrand's career.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Blackstone Group", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "2005-2024: $226,937 via individual ($219,437) and PAC ($7,500) contributions.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kirsten-gillibrand/contributors?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Coinbase", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "2024: Cryptocurrency firm donations totaling $217,000+ from Coinbase, Ripple, Uniswap Labs, Andreessen Horowitz, and dYdX Trading employees. Gillibrand co-sponsored the GENIUS Act creating a stablecoin regulatory framework.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://beincrypto.com/crypto-firms-gave-217000-gillibrand-stablecoin-bill-advances/" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "No falsifiable silence with the required active-on-adjacent evidence URL could be identified within the specified parameters for this official." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "In 2017, Gillibrand led Congressional Democrats by having the highest rate of opposing votes to Donald Trump's cabinet picks. She voted against Betsy DeVos and built her political brand around being a 'resistance' leader opposing Trump's nominees.", "claim_date": "2017-08-07", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://rollcall.com/2017/08/07/gillibrand-leads-democrats-in-opposing-trumps-nominees/" }, { "claim_text": "In 2025, Gillibrand voted to confirm six of Trump's nineteen cabinet picks in his first three months — already exceeding the five total yes votes she cast against 53 nominees during Trump's entire first term. She voted yes on Scott Bessent (Treasury), Sean Duffy (Transportation), and Doug Burgum (Interior), among others. Newsweek listed her among the Democrats who voted to confirm Trump-pick nominees.", "claim_date": "2025-03-04", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/gillibrand-chooses-trump/" }, { "claim_text": "Gillibrand leads the DSCC and advocates for working families, campaigning on affordability and healthcare protection. She delivered a floor speech in June 2025 blasting the OBBBA's 'largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history.'", "claim_date": "2025-06-16", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov" }, { "claim_text": "Gillibrand co-sponsored the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, receiving $217,000 from crypto industry donors including Coinbase, Ripple, and Andreessen Horowitz. Critics including Elizabeth Warren's allies and GWU legal scholars characterized the bill as 'chock-full of giveaways' and a 'thinly veiled attempt to establish a central bank digital currency through privatized means.'", "claim_date": "2025-06-11", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/gillibrand-chooses-trump/" }, { "claim_text": "Gillibrand voted against 39 Democratic colleagues on the November 2025 bipartisan shutdown-ending funding deal while simultaneously taking credit for millions of dollars in community project funding — including earmarks — contained in that same legislation.", "claim_date": "2025-11-25", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/25/democrats-took-victory-lap-for-millions-of-dollars-of-funding-they-voted-against/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Gillibrand built her national brand as the Democrat with the highest rate of opposing Trump nominees in 2017, yet in 2025 she confirmed more Trump cabinet picks in three months than she had in Trump's entire first term — including Treasury Secretary, Transportation Secretary, and Interior Secretary. The Revolving Door Project called this a trade of 'resistance for capitulation,' questioning whether her DSCC Chair role has recalibrated her toward accommodating the Trump administration." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Gillibrand positions herself as a champion of working families while co-sponsoring a crypto deregulation bill that received $217,000 from crypto industry donors including firms that critics say the GENIUS Act gives competitive advantages over traditional banks. Elizabeth Warren-aligned scholars characterized the bill as a 'giveaway' to the very industry funding her campaign." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 2, "type": "same_source_inconsistency", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Gillibrand opposed the bipartisan shutdown-ending funding deal while simultaneously claiming credit for millions in community project funding that it contained. The Daily Caller reported she voted against the legislation while her office touted the earmarks it delivered — a pattern shared with other New York Democrats. Both accounts come from publicly reported sources." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — Senate passage", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-01", "roll_call_url": "https://www.dscc.org/press-releases/dscc-chair-kirsten-gillibrand-statement-on-passage-of-the-senate-republican-plan-to-slash-medicaid/", "why_it_matters": "As DSCC Chair, Gillibrand led Democratic opposition to the OBBBA, releasing a statement calling it a 'toxic plan that makes huge cuts to Medicaid to fund a tax giveaway to billionaires.' She called the bill's cuts 'catastrophic' for New York, where 70% of young hospital patients are on Medicaid. Her home state has 10% poverty, 15.6% SNAP utilization, and millions on Medicaid. Only 3 Senate Republicans voted nay. The bill passed 51-50 with VP Vance breaking the tie. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "S. 5", "title": "Laken Riley Act", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-20", "roll_call_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/38840/105717/49227/laken-riley-act", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand was one of only 9 senators — all Democrats — to vote against the Laken Riley Act, which passed 84-9. She joined a small group of the most progressive senators (Sanders, Markey, Warren, Merkley, et al.) in opposing mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes. 33 Democrats voted with all Republicans to pass the bill. New York is home to large immigrant communities and has a 22.9% foreign-born population, making this a constituent-aligned progressive vote with little electoral risk in a D+15 state.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "S.J.Res. 32", "title": "Sanders Joint Resolutions of Disapproval on Arms Sales to Israel (November 2024)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-11-20", "roll_call_url": "https://www.cair-ny.org/cair_ny_condemns_senators_schumer_and_gillibrand_for_supporting_continued_arms_to_israel", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand was one of 17 Democratic Senators who voted against Bernie Sanders' resolutions to block $20 billion in offensive arms sales to Israel. CAIR-NY condemned her for 'choosing to continue arming a genocidal regime' while over 60,000 Palestinians had died. Her top donor AIPAC ($481K career) strongly opposed the resolutions. Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace subsequently occupied her office to protest the vote. Only 19 Democrats voted for at least one of the three Sanders resolutions. The vote illustrates her alignment with pro-Israel donor interests against the progressive wing of her party.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "S.J.Res. 138", "title": "Sanders Resolution to Block Israel Arms Sales (April 2026)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-04-16", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/votes", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand again voted against blocking arms sales to Israel in the context of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. All but seven Senate Democrats voted to block the sale — signaling a dramatic shift in caucus sentiment — yet Gillibrand remained in the diminishing minority opposing the resolution. Her consistent opposition across both 2024 and 2026 Sanders resolutions reflects a durable AIPAC-aligned posture that places her increasingly to the right of her own caucus.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "PN 12-1", "title": "Confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-24", "roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/02/01/how-they-voted-schumer-gillibrand-on-cabinet-nominations/", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand grilled Hegseth at his confirmation hearing over his comments about women in the military, calling them 'hurtful' and 'harmful' to morale. She voted against confirmation (50-50, VP Vance tie-breaker). However, she subsequently voted to confirm 6 of Trump's 19 cabinet picks — more in three months than during Trump's entire first term — including Bessent (Treasury), Duffy (Transportation), and Burgum (Interior). Her no vote on Hegseth was consistent with her progressive brand but her broader confirmation record reflected a new bipartisanship.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "PN 11-3", "title": "Confirmation of Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-25", "roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/02/01/how-they-voted-schumer-gillibrand-on-cabinet-nominations/", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand voted against confirming Noem as DHS Secretary, joining all but 7 Senate Democrats. Noem was confirmed 59-34. The vote was consistent with Gillibrand's opposition to the Laken Riley Act and her broader critique of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 9745", "title": "Government Funding & ACA Subsidy Extension — November 2025 Shutdown Deal", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-11-10", "roll_call_url": "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-statement-opposing-republicans-continuing-resolution/", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand was one of 39 Democratic senators to vote against ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, citing insufficient healthcare provisions. She simultaneously took credit for millions in community project funding contained in the very bill she opposed — a tension that drew media attention from the Daily Caller and AOL News. The vote illustrates cross-pressure: her DSCC Chair role demands delivering results for New York, yet she opposed the bill that delivered those results.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 815", "title": "National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan, April 2024)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-23", "roll_call_url": "https://www.wbfo.org/2024-02-24/peace-groups-call-on-schumer-gillibrand-to-support-ceasefire-in-gaza", "why_it_matters": "Gillibrand voted yea on the $95 billion foreign aid package including $26 billion for Israel, $61 billion for Ukraine, and humanitarian aid. Peace groups including the Western New York Peace Center protested outside her office opposing the unconditional Israel military aid component. The bill passed 79-18 with bipartisan support. Gillibrand's vote, combined with her opposition to Sanders arms resolutions, reflects her consistent support for the U.S.-Israel military relationship.", "category": "donor_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New York is the fourth-most populous state with approximately 19.85 million residents. It is a safe Democratic state (Cook PVI D+15) that voted for Harris by approximately 12 points in 2024. The state has a median household income of $85,974 — more than double the national median — but significant internal economic inequality. New York City and its suburbs are among the wealthiest areas in the country, while upstate regions face persistent economic challenges. The poverty rate is 10% (below the 12.4% national average), homeownership is 54.3% (well below the 65.5% national average), and 40.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. About 15.6% of households receive SNAP benefits and 21.6% of residents rely on public transit — both among the highest rates in the nation. The population is 55.2% White, 19.8% Hispanic, 14.4% Black, and includes the highest Muslim American population of any state. Major industries include finance and insurance (Wall Street), healthcare, higher education, technology, tourism, and agriculture. Gillibrand is the junior senator (serving since 2009) alongside Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. She won re-election in 2024 with approximately 59% of the vote and chairs the DSCC for the 2026 cycle.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "New York City government and public schools", "employees": 400000, "source_url": "https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2024" }, { "name": "State of New York government", "employees": 250000, "source_url": "https://www.cs.ny.gov" }, { "name": "JPMorgan Chase & Co. (New York City HQ)", "employees": 35000, "source_url": "https://www.jpmorganchase.com/about" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/new-york" }, { "naics": "52", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/new-york" }, { "naics": "54", "share": 0.11, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/new-york" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "New York Public Question 1 — Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (2023)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "62% Yes — 38% No", "source_url": "https://www.elections.ny.gov/2023StatewideGeneralElection.html" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "population", "value": "19,852,366 (2024 ACS)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "median household income", "value": "$85,974", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "10%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "SNAP utilization", "value": "15.6% of households", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "54.3%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "40.3%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "39.8", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "unemployment rate", "value": "6.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "19.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "D+15", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/kirsten-gillibrand-G000555/state" } ] } } }