Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-02T22:23:47.171Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74890) Resolved official: LaMonica McIver (entity #10875) Ingest result: 36 facts · 35 sources · 1 contradictions · 7 voting_records · 3 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": "LaMonica McIver", "bioguide_id": "M001229" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle: Raised $637,118. Large individual contributions comprised 60.50% ($391,952), PAC contributions 34.89% ($226,050), small individual contributions only 4.45% ($28,827), and candidate self-financing 0.15% ($1,025). Cash on hand: $163,212 as of December 31, 2024. Raised $751.7K in new fundraising disclosed in July 2025.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lamonica-mciver/summary?cid=N00055172&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing industry: Real Estate at $55,860, followed by Leadership PACs ($51,000), Lawyers/Law Firms ($43,678), Democratic/Liberal groups ($30,550), and Building Trade Unions ($27,000).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lamonica-mciver/summary?cid=N00055172&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Top career contributor: Service Employees International Union at $15,000 ($5,000 individuals, $10,000 PAC). Other top contributors include America's Credit Unions ($10,300), Laborers Union ($10,000 PAC), Purpose PAC ($10,000 PAC), and Ashton Building Co ($9,900).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lamonica-mciver/summary?cid=N00055172&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "McIver's 2024 special election campaign relied on small-dollar grassroots contributions through ActBlue, with prominent New Jersey Democrats attending fundraisers. Her Q2 2025 FEC disclosure reported $751.7K in new fundraising, the 61st most from all Q2 reports. Her 2026 cycle total stands at $1.4M raised per LegisLetter.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-15", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fundraising-update-representative-lamonica-mciver-just-disclosed-7517k-new-fundraising" }, { "fact_text": "EMILY's List endorsed McIver for Congress. Tammy Murphy's Stronger Fairer Forward PAC contributed the maximum $3,300. The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund endorsed McIver in September 2024.", "date_occurred": "2024-09-17", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://emilyslist.org/candidate/lamonica-mciver/" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates McIver's net worth at approximately $673,000 as of September 2025, the 368th highest in Congress. She had approximately $0 in publicly traded assets that Quiver is able to track, and no disclosed individual stock holdings — consistent with a modest financial profile for a Newark-based public servant.", "date_occurred": "2025-09-19", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+LaMonica+McIver+Votes+Against+Partisan+Funding+Bill" }, { "fact_text": "McIver is a former personnel director for Montclair Public Schools and public affairs manager for PSE&G. She holds a B.A. from Bloomfield College, an M.A. from Seton Hall University, and an Ed.D. from Kean University. She was elected to the Newark Municipal Council in 2018 as its youngest woman ever and served as Council President.", "date_occurred": "2024-09-23", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://mciver.house.gov/about/meet-lamonica" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Service Employees International Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2023-2024: $15,000 via individual ($5,000) and PAC ($10,000) contributions. SEIU is McIver's single largest donor and a major supporter of progressive Democratic candidates.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lamonica-mciver/summary?cid=N00055172&cycle=2024" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Laborers Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2023-2024: $10,000 via PAC contributions", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/lamonica-mciver/summary?cid=N00055172&cycle=2024" }, { "donor_entity_name": "EMILY's List", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024: Endorsed McIver as a 'pro-choice champion' and contributed to her campaign. McIver campaigned on passing 'a clear, comprehensive law protecting reproductive rights for everyone in the United States.'", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://emilyslist.org/candidate/lamonica-mciver/" } ] }, "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": "McIver campaigned on 'safeguarding our communities' and 'protecting reproductive rights,' emphasizing peaceful community advocacy and investment in families. She ran as a consensus-oriented Newark councilwoman focused on lead line replacement and climate resilience.", "claim_date": "2024-09-23", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://mciver.house.gov/about/meet-lamonica" }, { "claim_text": "In May 2025, McIver joined other New Jersey Democrats in attempting to enter an ICE detention center in Newark. During the encounter, she was allegedly involved in a physical confrontation with Homeland Security Investigations officers — the DOJ charged her with three federal counts of forcibly impeding federal officers. A federal grand jury indicted her in June 2025. She faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted. She pleaded not guilty and called the charges 'politically motivated.'", "claim_date": "2025-05-09", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-kills-measure-censure-rep-lamonica-mciver-federal-indictment-rcna228754" }, { "claim_text": "McIver positioned herself as a consensus builder on the Newark council and campaigned on lowering the voting age to 16 for school board elections during her tenure, presenting herself as an institutional reformer.", "claim_date": "2025-06-25", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.click2houston.com/news/politics/2025/06/25/meet-rep-lamonica-mciver-the-democrat-being-prosecuted-over-encounter-outside-nj-immigration-jail/" }, { "claim_text": "McIver stated after the ICE facility incident: 'We were assaulted by multiple ICE agents.' She later said in response to the censure effort: 'We were all elected to do the people's work. I take that responsibility seriously — Clay Higgins clearly does not. Instead of making life any better for the people he represents, he's seeking to punish me for doing what he and his caucus are too cowardly to do: conduct real oversight, stand up to this administration, and do our jobs.'", "claim_date": "2025-09-03", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-kills-measure-censure-rep-lamonica-mciver-federal-indictment-rcna228754" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "McIver campaigned as a community-consensus reformer focused on lead pipes and climate resilience, yet within eight months of her swearing-in she became one of the few sitting members of Congress ever indicted on federal charges — facing allegations of forcibly impeding federal officers during a confrontation at an ICE facility. The trajectory from councilwoman to criminal defendant represents one of the most dramatic first-term transformations of any member of the 119th Congress." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/votes", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted nay on the GOP reconciliation bill that the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. The AFL-CIO — which endorsed her voting record — opposed the bill for 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs.' Her district has 13% poverty, median household income of $72,784, and thousands of residents dependent on Medicaid, SNAP, and nutrition assistance in one of the most economically challenged districts in New Jersey. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (119th Congress)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://www.19thnews.org/2025/11/19/lamonica-mciver-vote-government-shutdown-health-care/", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She joined 170 Democrats in opposition while 46 Democrats — a significant minority — voted yea. Her district is majority-minority (48.1% Black, 22.7% Hispanic), with a large immigrant community in Newark and surrounding Essex County. Her nay vote was consistent with her later physical confrontation with ICE at the Newark detention center that resulted in federal charges. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned for one of the most heavily immigrant communities in New Jersey.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1689", "title": "Haiti Temporary Protected Status Extension", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-04-16", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/votes", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted yea on requiring DHS to designate Haiti for TPS. She voted yea both on the discharge petition (April 16) and on final passage (April 17). New Jersey has one of the largest Haitian-descended populations in the country, and Newark's diverse immigrant community includes Haitians. The bill passed 224-204 with only 10 Republican yeas. McIver's support was consistent with her pro-immigration platform.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7744", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/votes", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted against the DHS funding bill amid ongoing federal criminal proceedings against her. Her role on the House Homeland Security Committee — where she serves as Ranking Member of the Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee — made this a direct institutional vote. She joined most House Democrats in opposing the GOP-drafted DHS appropriations bill. The vote reflects not just party alignment but a deeply personal stake in immigration-enforcement policy.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 38", "title": "Iran War Powers Resolution (March 2026)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/votes", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted yea on a bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran, joining 211 other members in support. The resolution failed 219-212. The vote placed her in the progressive anti-war wing of her party, consistent with her pre-election candidate questionnaire in which she stated she would vote for aid to both Israel and Ukraine — but this resolution specifically addressed unauthorized hostilities rather than aid packages.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 40", "title": "Iran War Powers Resolution (April 2026 — second attempt)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-04-17", "roll_call_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/votes", "why_it_matters": "McIver again voted yea on the second Iran war powers resolution — a nearly identical measure to the March version — joining 212 colleagues in support. The resolution again failed. Her consistent anti-war posture across both resolutions indicates a principled rather than tactical position on constraining executive war-making authority in Iran.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 9745", "title": "Government Funding & ACA Subsidy Extension — November 2025 Shutdown Deal", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-11-13", "roll_call_url": "https://www.19thnews.org/2025/11/19/lamonica-mciver-vote-government-shutdown-health-care/", "why_it_matters": "McIver voted against the Republican-led continuing resolution to end the 40-day government shutdown, citing insufficient healthcare provisions. The 19th News reported she balanced her personal health with her determination to cast this vote. She called it a vote 'too important to miss.' Her district has 18.3% public transit utilization and 40.8% homeownership — meaning federal disruptions disproportionately affect her working-class constituents. She joined 39 Senate Democrats in opposition.", "category": "constituent_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New Jersey's 10th Congressional District encompasses portions of Essex, Hudson, and Union counties, including the city of Newark — New Jersey's largest city — and Orange. Home to approximately 777,942 constituents, the district is a majority-minority urban district where Black residents are the largest group at 48.1%, followed by Hispanic (22.7%), and White (20.4%). The district has a median household income of $72,784 — below the New Jersey state average but well above the $37,585 national median. The poverty rate is 13%, homeownership is a strikingly low 40.8% (vs. 65.5% nationally), and only 32.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — slightly below the national average. The median age is 36.8 (younger than the 38.5 national average), 18.3% of residents rely on public transit (vs. 5% nationally), and the median rent is $1,522. Voter registration is 54% Democratic, 8% Republican. The economy is anchored in education (Newark Public Schools, Rutgers-Newark), healthcare, logistics (Port Newark), and government. The district has a Cook PVI of D+54, making it one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. McIver succeeded the late Donald Payne Jr., whose father Donald Payne Sr. held the seat for 23 years before him — a Payne family dynasty spanning over three decades. McIver won the September 2024 special election to fill Payne's seat and subsequently won the November general election for the full term.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Newark Public Schools", "employees": 6000, "source_url": "https://www.nps.k12.nj.us" }, { "name": "Rutgers University — Newark Campus", "employees": 4000, "source_url": "https://www.newark.rutgers.edu" }, { "name": "University Hospital (Newark)", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://www.uhnj.org" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.18, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-nj" }, { "naics": "61", "share": 0.14, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-nj" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.11, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-nj" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "New Jersey 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": "median household income", "value": "$72,784", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "13%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "40.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "32.6%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "36.8", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "Black population share", "value": "48.1%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "22.7%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "unemployment rate", "value": "8.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "D+54", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/lamonica-mciver-M001229" }, { "label": "voter registration — Democratic share", "value": "54% Democrat / 8% Republican / 38% Unaffiliated", "source_url": "https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/05/nj-10th-congressional-district-election-2024-candidates/" } ] } } }