Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-02T23:43:16.764Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #75497) Resolved official: Marcy Kaptur (entity #11228) Ingest result: 45 facts · 45 sources · 1 silences · 3 contradictions · 6 voting_records · 5 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": "Marcy Kaptur", "bioguide_id": "K000009" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career (1989-2024): Raised $18,302,912; Spent $17,891,930; Cash on hand $955,576; Debts $0. Top career industry: Industrial Unions ($904,560). Top career contributor: Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($170,800).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing industries (1989-2024): Industrial Unions ($904,560), Retired ($894,878), Building Trade Unions ($805,200), Public Sector Unions ($761,815), Transportation Unions ($744,717).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing organizations (1989-2024): Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($170,800), Boilermakers Union ($152,850), Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union ($144,700), United Auto Workers ($139,500), Teamsters Union ($139,265).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "2023-2024 election cycle: Total raised $5,063,732.53; Total contributions $4,386,644.21; Individual contributions $2,892,844.74; Other committee (PAC) contributions $1,491,799.47.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00154625/?cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Kaptur sponsored or co-sponsored 57 earmarks totaling $71,301,300 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 28th out of 435 representatives.", "date_occurred": "2010-09-30", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/other-data?cid=N00003522&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Kaptur's 2018 net worth was disclosed as -$110,985 to $420,998, ranking 285th in the House. She reported $0 in stock trades with only 2 liabilities totaling $115,002 to $300,000.", "date_occurred": "2018-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/other-data?cid=N00003522&cycle=2024" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $170,800 (all PAC contributions). Single largest career contributor.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Boilermakers Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $152,850 total ($250 individuals + $152,600 PAC).", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "United Auto Workers", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $139,500 total ($1,700 individuals + $137,800 PAC).", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Teamsters Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $139,265 total ($450 individuals + $138,815 PAC).", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $144,700 (all PAC contributions).", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marcy-kaptur/summary?cid=N00003522&cycle=CAREER&type=I" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "ICE agent doxxed by Democratic colleague Rep. Salud Carbajal — agent subsequently injured by rock attack", "expected_position": "As a member of Congress representing a district with 3.1% foreign-born population where she has publicly supported 'secure borders and legal immigration,' Kaptur would be expected to weigh in when a Democratic colleague handed an ICE agent's business card to protesters, resulting in the agent being injured.", "window_start": "2025-07-10", "window_end": "2025-07-21", "evidence_summary": "On July 10, 2025, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) handed over an ICE agent's business card to protesters at a California raid; the agent was subsequently struck with a rock and injured. Kaptur issued no public statement condemning the doxxing or the attack. The NRCC noted she 'backed the mob,' remained silent, and had 'voted against over $100 billion in funding for ICE and border enforcement.' During this same window, she was actively issuing press releases on other topics, including voting against the OBBB and criticizing ICE enforcement tactics. In contrast, she condemned the Trump administration's approach to ICE operations in her January 2026 statement rejecting DHS funding.", "primary_url": "https://www.nrcc.org/2025/07/14/democrats-doxxed-an-ice-agent-marcy-kaptur-stayed-silent/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Kaptur voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5, Roll Call 23) on January 7, 2025, requiring mandatory DHS detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. She was one of only 46 House Democrats to join all Republicans in passing the bill.", "claim_date": "2025-01-07", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/38840/105717/27016/marcy-kaptur-voted-yea-passage-hr-29-laken-riley-act" }, { "claim_text": "Kaptur voted Nay on the DHS appropriations bill (H.R. 7147) on January 22, 2026. Her press release stated: 'Breaking into private homes without warrants, detaining residents without cause, and even deporting military veterans and US citizens including children with Stage 4 cancer is illegal and un-American.' Only 7 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill 220-207.", "claim_date": "2026-01-22", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/26F211628702ED8D73698AFA069F8DFE6B115E92" }, { "claim_text": "Kaptur voted Nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), stating: 'This bill is callously cruel — an immoral transfer of wealth from the working class to the ultra-rich. It strips health care from 17 Million Americans, kills Millions of good-paying jobs, and adds Trillions to the national debt.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-03", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://kaptur.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/kaptur-defends-ohios-working-families-seniors-veterans-votes-no-one-big" }, { "claim_text": "The OBBB raised the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for tax years 2025-2029. Kaptur's district (OH-09) has median home values of $174,200 and median household income of $66,739 — lower than the national average — meaning SALT cap relief offered less benefit to her constituents than to higher-income, high-property-tax districts.", "claim_date": "2025-07-03", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "claim_text": "Kaptur voted Nay on H.R. 5371, the continuing resolution that ended the 43-day government shutdown on November 12, 2025. The NRCC reported the bill included $3 million in Community Project Funding for OH-09.", "claim_date": "2025-11-12", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.nrcc.org/2025/11/17/marcy-kaptur-voted-against-3-million-for-oh-09/" }, { "claim_text": "Kaptur bragged in 2025 about bringing over $11 million in funding projects to her district and 'secured nearly $1.3 million in new safe streets funding' in December 2025 per the Washington Reporter. The Congressional Leadership Fund documented she took credit for funding she had voted AGAINST.", "claim_date": "2025-12-31", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://washingtonreporter.news/scoop-do-nothing-marcy-under-fire-for-taking-credit-for-millions-of-dollars-in-grants-she-opposed/#newsletter" }, { "claim_text": "Kaptur voted Yea on the Farm Bill (H.R. 7567, Roll Call 154) on April 30, 2026, one of 14 Democrats crossing party lines. The bill preserved SNAP cuts from the OBBB.", "claim_date": "2026-04-30", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-who-voted-for-farm-bill-amid-republican-fights-controversy-11901122" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Kaptur voted for the Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention) in January 2025 — one of only 46 Democrats to do so — but one year later voted against funding DHS/ICE, calling ICE operations 'illegal and un-American' and demanding reform. The Laken Riley Act expanded ICE detention authority; the DHS funding vote would have given ICE the resources to implement that authority. This creates a sharp contradiction between her votes expanding enforcement and subsequently defunding the enforcing agency." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 4, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Kaptur voted against the CR (H.R. 5371) that contained $3 million in Community Project Funding for OH-09, then subsequently took credit for over $11 million in grants and funding she had 'secured' for her district — including from the very appropriations vehicles she had voted against. The Washington Reporter documented this 'vote no and take the dough' pattern, noting she 'failed to mention that she voted against funding mechanisms in the continuing resolutions that sent federal dollars to her district.'" }, { "claim_a_idx": 6, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Kaptur voted for the Farm Bill on April 30, 2026 — one of 14 Democrats crossing party lines — even though the bill locked in SNAP cuts from the OBBB that she had condemned as 'callously cruel' and 'an immoral transfer of wealth.' The Farm Bill preserved the $186 billion SNAP reduction she cited as a core reason for opposing the OBBB. Her vote aligned with agricultural interests in her district (18.4% manufacturing employment includes food processing) but contradicted her food-assistance advocacy." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "S. 5", "title": "Laken Riley Act — On Passage", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-22", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202556", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur was one of only 46 House Democrats to join all 217 Republicans in passing mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. Her district has only 3.1% foreign-born residents and is 76.5% White — immigration enforcement is not a top constituent concern, but the vote positioned her as a moderate in her Trump+7 district. She later voted against DHS/ICE funding, creating a sharp enforcement-vs.-defunding contradiction within her own record.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur voted with all 212 Democrats against the bill. Her press release emphasized the 216,000 OH-09 residents who would lose healthcare and the $186 billion in SNAP cuts over 10 years. However, the bill also raised the SALT deduction cap to $40,000 — though less impactful for OH-09's median $174,200 home values compared to high-cost coastal districts — and the NRCC hammered her for voting against the bill's No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and Social Security tax cut provisions. The vote illustrates party-line opposition prevailing over targeted constituent interests in a competitive D+1 district.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7567", "title": "Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-04-30", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur was one of only 14 Democrats to support the Farm Bill (224-200), crossing party lines despite the bill preserving SNAP cuts from the OBBB. She serves as a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Her district's 18.4% manufacturing footprint includes agricultural processing, and her donors include industrial and transportation unions with agricultural supply-chain interests. However, her vote contradicted her own rhetoric about protecting food assistance for the '316,000 Ohioans — nearly one in four residents' at risk of losing SNAP. Three Republicans voted Nay.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 5371", "title": "Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — On Passage (Ending the 43-Day Shutdown)", "vote": "nay_unverified", "vote_date": "2025-11-12", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur voted against ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. She justified the vote on healthcare grounds, warning that health insurance premiums could double. However, her Nay vote also rejected $3 million in Community Project Funding for OH-09 contained in the bill. Constituents in her 10.5% poverty-rate district — including furloughed federal workers and SNAP recipients hurt by the shutdown — needed the government reopened. Kaptur's healthcare rationale placed long-term policy objectives ahead of immediate constituent relief.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7147", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Passage", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-01-22", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7147", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur voted against DHS/ICE funding, stating ICE operations were 'illegal and un-American.' Only 7 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill 220-207. Her vote aligned with progressive calls to restrain ICE, in contrast to her earlier Laken Riley Act vote expanding ICE enforcement authority. Her district has a large veteran population (Vietnam-era veterans are the largest cohort) and includes Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Coast Guard stations on Lake Erie — DHS funding affects more than just ICE. Her union donors (Transportation Unions, $744,717) have border security and port interests.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.J.Res. 2", "title": "Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — On Passage", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2018-04-12", "roll_call_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/26190/52697/27016/marcy-kaptur-voted-nay-passage-proposing-a-balanced-budget-amendment-to-the-constitution-of-the-united-states", "why_it_matters": "Kaptur opposed the Balanced Budget Amendment, stating during floor debate that it would 'force huge cuts to bedrock government programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.' Her AFL-CIO scorecard marked the vote as 'Right' (with working people). The vote aligned with labor union interests (her top donor sector) but her public framing — framing a Nay vote as protecting Social Security and Medicare — illustrated the tension between fiscal conservatism rhetoric and progressive spending priorities.", "category": "constituent_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Ohio's 9th Congressional District extends from Toledo along the Lake Erie shoreline through Ottawa and Erie counties, encompassing parts of Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Sandusky, and Williams counties. With approximately 782,000 residents, it is a legacy Democratic seat that has become highly competitive (Cook PVI D+1, with a +13 Republican shift). Kaptur has represented this district since 1983, making her the longest-serving woman in congressional history. The district is anchored by Toledo's manufacturing-based economy (18.4% of employment), healthcare (ProMedica, Mercy Health), and agriculture. The median household income of $66,739 is below the national average, and the poverty rate is 10.5% (Data USA reports 14.8%). The population is 76.5% White, 11.9% Black, and 7.65% Hispanic, with only 3.1% foreign-born. This is an economic-security district where industrial policy, trade enforcement, and healthcare access drive voter behavior more than national ideological polarization.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "ProMedica Health System (Toledo headquarters)", "employees": 15000, "source_url": "https://rgp.org/major-employers-northwest-ohio/" }, { "name": "Mercy Health (Toledo/Lucas County)", "employees": 8800, "source_url": "https://rgp.org/major-employers-northwest-ohio/" }, { "name": "Whirlpool Corporation (Clyde, NW Ohio)", "employees": 6182, "source_url": "https://rgp.org/major-employers-northwest-ohio/" }, { "name": "Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler) — Toledo Assembly Complex", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://www.ohiobiz.com/toledo-ohio/" }, { "name": "Owens Corning (Toledo headquarters)", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://www.ohiobiz.com/toledo-ohio/" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "31-33 - Manufacturing", "share": 0.184, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "naics": "62 - Health Care and Social Assistance", "share": 0.157, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "naics": "44-45 - Retail Trade", "share": 0.113, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Ohio Issue 1 — Reproductive Freedom Amendment (November 2023)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "56.6% to 43.4%", "source_url": "https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/" }, { "name": "Ohio Issue 2 — Marijuana Legalization Initiative (November 2023)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "57.0% to 43.0%", "source_url": "https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$66,739 (2024)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "10.5% (ACS 5-Year); 14.8% (Data USA 2024, broader measure)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "67.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "27.7%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Median property value", "value": "$174,200", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Median rent", "value": "$920", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Population", "value": "781,702 (2024)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "White (Non-Hispanic) population share", "value": "76.5% (583k)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Black or African American population share", "value": "11.9% (90.9k)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "7.65% (59.8k)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Foreign-born population", "value": "3.1% (24.2k)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" }, { "label": "Unemployment rate", "value": "5.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Median age", "value": "40.5", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Public transit commuting share", "value": "0.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/marcy-kaptur-K000009/district" }, { "label": "Veterans", "value": "Large Vietnam-era veteran population (14,185), plus Gulf War-era veterans", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-9-oh" } ] } } }