Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-03T00:24:12.585Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #78620) Resolved official: Melanie A. Stansbury (entity #10979) Ingest result: 43 facts · 37 sources · 2 contradictions · 8 voting_records · 4 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": "Melanie A. Stansbury", "bioguide_id": "S001218" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career total raised (2019-2024): $4,899,995. Top contributing industry: Retired ($559,042), followed by Lawyers/Law Firms ($278,479), Leadership PACs ($277,301), Democratic/Liberal ($228,497), and Casinos/Gambling ($207,653).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/melanie-stansbury/summary?cid=N00047871&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "Top career contributor: University of New Mexico at $55,412 (all individuals). Second: JStreetPAC at $43,417 ($38,917 individuals, $4,500 PAC). Labor unions dominate: Carpenters & Joiners Union ($25,000), IBEW ($25,000), Lobo PAC ($25,000). AIPAC does NOT appear among her top 20 contributors — Stansbury refuses AIPAC money and was listed as one of '83 in Congress NOT Owned By AIPAC' on the Rosenberg Substack in 2022. She is endorsed by JStreetPAC, which supports a two-state solution.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/melanie-stansbury/summary?cid=N00047871&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "2024 cycle top PACS: ActBlue ($117,450 in 2,077 payments), EMILY's List ($5,000), Human Rights Campaign PAC ($4,000), League of Conservation Voters ($3,500), Planned Parenthood ($2,500), and AFSCME ($1,500). Her campaign does not accept corporate PAC money. Total outside spending supporting Stansbury: $52,652 (Planned Parenthood, LCV, AFSCME, Sierra Club).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/outside-spending?cycle=2024&id=NM01" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Stansbury's net worth as not readily calculable from disclosed assets — she has no publicly traded individual stock holdings and no trades listed in MarketBeat's STOCK Act tracking. A 2022 estimate placed her net worth below $1 million. OpenSecrets 2018 financial disclosure: she has relatively modest means compared to most members of Congress. She does NOT trade individual stocks and co-sponsors legislation to ban congressional stock trading.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.marketbeat.com/congress-stock-trades/profiles/melanie-stansbury/" }, { "fact_text": "Stansbury is a scientist and former ecology instructor. She earned a B.A. in human ecology and natural science from Saint Mary's College of California and an M.S. in development sociology from Cornell University. She worked as a STEM educator, researcher on land and water issues, and served as a staffer on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and in the White House Office of Management and Budget. She received the 2021 U.S. Water Prize for Outstanding Public Official.", "date_occurred": "2021-06-14", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/about" }, { "fact_text": "Stansbury serves as Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (appointed January 2023), and is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE). She is one of the highest-ranking freshmen/early-career members on the powerful Oversight Committee.", "date_occurred": "2025-01-22", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-congresswoman-melanie-stansbury-joins-doge-subcommittee/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "JStreetPAC", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2019-2024: $43,417 via individual ($38,917) and PAC ($4,500). JStreetPAC endorsed Stansbury for her commitment to a two-state solution and her support for conditioning military aid on human rights compliance. JStreet is Stansbury's second-largest organizational donor — and her largest Israel-related PAC donor. She refuses AIPAC money.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://jstreetpac.org/candidate/melanie-stansbury/" }, { "donor_entity_name": "International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2019-2024: $25,000 via PAC. IBEW is among Stansbury's top five career contributors.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/melanie-stansbury/summary?cid=N00047871&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Carpenters & Joiners Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2019-2024: $25,000 via PAC contributions.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/melanie-stansbury/summary?cid=N00047871&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "University of New Mexico", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2019-2024: $55,412 via individual contributions from UNM faculty and staff. UNM is Stansbury's single largest contributor and a major employer in her Albuquerque-anchored district.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/melanie-stansbury/summary?cid=N00047871&cycle=CAREER&type=I" } ] }, "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": "Stansbury refuses AIPAC money and was listed among '83 in Congress NOT Owned By AIPAC.' She called for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza in January 2024, signed a letter urging President Biden to withhold military aid to Israel after the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers, supported the Sanders JRD to block offensive arms sales, and boycotted Netanyahu's July 2024 address to Congress. She co-sponsored the Khanna-Massie War Powers Resolution and was one of the most outspoken advocates for constraining Trump's war-making authority in Iran.", "claim_date": "2024-01-18", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansburys-statement-calling-bilateral-ceasefire" }, { "claim_text": "Stansbury also stated she 'stands with the people of Israel' and condemned Hamas's October 7 attack as 'horrific violence.' She supports Israel's right to self-defense and a two-state solution. JStreetPAC — a pro-Israel, pro-peace PAC — is her second-largest organizational donor at $43,417. She has been a consistent supporter of Israel's right to exist while opposing the Netanyahu government's military operations and calling for conditioning of U.S. military aid.", "claim_date": "2023-10-09", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-statement-violence-israel" }, { "claim_text": "Stansbury voted nay on the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (September 2024), which would make non-U.S. nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible and deportable. She was one of 158 Democrats to oppose it, drawing sharp criticism from the New Mexico GOP: 'Stansbury and Leger Fernandez have voted to protect illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the U.S.'", "claim_date": "2024-09-18", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://newmexico.gop/2024/09/19/nm-dem-reps-vote-against-bill-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-who-commit-sex-crimes-against-women-children/" }, { "claim_text": "New Mexico has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the country. Albuquerque set a homicide record in 2022 and has persistently high rates of domestic violence. Stansbury's votes against immigration enforcement legislation have been used by Republican opponents to paint her as soft on crime against women — a charge the RPNM has made repeatedly in press releases targeting her.", "claim_date": "2025-01-16", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://newmexico.gop/2025/01/16/rpnm-criticizes-democrats-vote-against-deporting-illegal-immigrants-who-commit-sexual-and-violent-crimes-against-minors-and-women/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Stansbury simultaneously receives JStreetPAC funding (a pro-Israel PAC that supports military aid) while signing letters to withhold military aid to Israel and calling for a ceasefire. This dual posture — pro-Israel, pro-peace — is internally consistent with JStreet's platform but creates cross-pressure between maintaining a pro-Israel voting record and responding to progressive constituent demands for conditioning or cutting off military aid. She navigated this by calling for 'bilateral ceasefire' early (January 2024) while continuing to support Israel's right to self-defense." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Stansbury campaigns as a champion of women and children — she is endorsed by EMILY's List and Planned Parenthood and fights for reproductive rights — yet voted against a bill named the 'Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act' that would mandate deportation for non-citizens convicted of sex crimes and domestic violence. The New Mexico GOP repeatedly attacked her for this vote, claiming she 'voted to protect illegal immigrants who commit crimes.' Stansbury did not issue a press release explaining her vote, leaving her position on this specific legislation ambiguous." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 2025", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators/melanie-stansbury", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. She released a video statement slamming the bill for 'slashing Medicaid' and 'gutting food assistance to give billionaires permanent tax breaks.' Her NM-01 district has 13.5% poverty, 21.9% of residents on Medicaid, and 7.54% uninsured — meaning the bill's healthcare cuts would directly impact tens of thousands of her constituents. She held a town hall with Sen. Ben Ray Luján to warn constituents about the GOP attacks on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. The AFL-CIO, which gave her a 100% score, opposed the bill. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. Only 2 Republicans voted nay. The SBA Pro-Life America scorecard criticized her for opposing what it called the defunding of 'Big Abortion businesses' through H.R. 1.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 2025)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://newmexico.gop/2025/01/07/rpnm-condemns-nm-democrats-second-rejection-of-the-laken-riley-act/", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. All three New Mexico House Democrats (Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernandez) voted nay — notably for a border state with significant immigration challenges. The New Mexico GOP condemned her vote multiple times, saying she 'once again voted against this vital legislation' and 'voted against deporting illegal immigrants who commit sexual and violent crimes.' Her NM-01 district is 8.03% foreign-born (57,200 people), 95.9% U.S. citizen, with 21.1% of households speaking a non-English language — predominantly Spanish (107,863 households). The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned for a district with large Hispanic and immigrant communities.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority (311-112). She has been a consistent Ukraine supporter since the Russian invasion, reflecting a progressive internationalism that supports defensive military aid against authoritarian aggression. Her vote distinguished her from the isolationist GOP majority while aligning with Democratic leadership and the Biden administration's foreign policy.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-signs-letter-urging-biden-and-blinken-withhold-military-aid-israel", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury was one of only 58 House members — and one of the most prominent Democrats — to vote against $26 billion in unconditional military aid to Israel. She simultaneously signed a letter urging President Biden and Secretary Blinken to withhold military aid, citing the deaths of 32,000 Palestinians and 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers. She refused AIPAC money and boycotted Netanyahu's July 2024 address to Congress. JStreetPAC ($43K), her largest PAC donor, supported a two-state solution and endorsed her. AIPAC does not appear among her contributors. This vote, combined with her January 2024 ceasefire call, placed her in the progressive vanguard on Israel policy — notably without taking AIPAC money, unlike many Democrats who voted yea on this bill while receiving AIPAC contributions.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 35", "title": "Iran War Powers Resolution (March 2026)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-03-05", "roll_call_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-stop-unauthorized-war-iran", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted yea on a bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran. She released a statement: 'I left with more questions than answers' from a classified briefing and demanded Congress 'assert our constitutional authority.' She subsequently became one of the most vocal House Democrats demanding Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment, co-authored a bill with Rep. Jamie Raskin, and told MSNBC Trump 'has no idea what he's doing' in Iran. She introduced her own war powers resolution. The resolution failed 219-212 along largely party lines. This war-powers advocacy established her as one of the most prominent progressive foreign policy voices in her freshman term.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 9745", "title": "Government Funding Continuing Resolution — November 2025 Shutdown Deal", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-11-12", "roll_call_url": "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-melanie-stansbury-statement-republican-funding-deal-reopen", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted nay on the Senate-brokered deal to end the 43-day government shutdown, calling it 'a raw deal for Americans that does not address the Republican healthcare crisis.' She was reportedly one of the lawmakers who said 'People are [expletive] pissed' on a private Democratic call after eight Senate Democrats voted with Republicans. All three New Mexico House Democrats opposed the deal. Her opposition to a compromise that lacked ACA enhanced premium tax credit extensions placed her in the progressive wing that refused to accept a deal without healthcare protections.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 22", "title": "SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-07-10", "roll_call_url": "https://pinonpost.com/all-three-of-nms-congressional-reps-want-illegals-to-vote-in-u-s-elections/", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury voted nay on legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The Heritage Foundation and New Mexico GOP attacked her vote, with the RPNM saying she 'want[s] illegal immigrants to vote in our elections.' Her NM-01 district is 41.8% Hispanic and 95.9% citizen — documentation requirements could disproportionately burden minority, elderly, and low-income voters who lack easy access to passports or birth certificates. The Piñon Post headlined its coverage: 'All three of NM's congressional reps. want illegals to vote in U.S. elections.' The AFL-CIO opposed the bill. The bill passed 221-198 with only 5 Democratic votes. The vote aligned with Democratic opposition to voting restrictions and Stansbury's progressive civil-rights positioning.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7909", "title": "Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (September 2024)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-09-18", "roll_call_url": "https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-158-democrats-who-voted-against-sex-crime-ban-immigrants-1954502", "why_it_matters": "Stansbury was one of 158 House Democrats to vote against legislation that would make non-U.S. nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible and deportable. The bill passed 266-158 with 51 Democrats in support. The New Mexico GOP used this vote repeatedly in attack ads and press releases, stating she 'voted to protect illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes against women and children.' Her silence on this vote — she did not issue a press release explaining her opposition — created a vulnerability that the GOP exploited. For a member endorsed by EMILY's List and Planned Parenthood who campaigns as a champion of women, this vote created a persistent political liability in her D+5 district.", "category": "cross_pressure" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New Mexico's 1st Congressional District encompasses the central area of New Mexico, including most of Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), all of Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia counties. It includes almost three-fourths of Albuquerque and several Native American pueblos including Laguna Pueblo and Sandia Pueblo, as well as the Tohajiilee Navajo Reservation. Home to approximately 712,000 constituents, it is the most Democratic district in a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation (Cook PVI D+5). The district is majority-minority: 41.8% Hispanic (297,000), 44.9% White (non-Hispanic), 5.1% Native American, and 2.8% Black. The median household income is $71,236 — above the national median but below the state average — with a 13.5% poverty rate (significantly above the 12.4% national average). Homeownership is 66.7%, median property value $304,400, and median rent $1,132. Only 36.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. About 21.9% of residents rely on Medicaid and 7.54% are uninsured. The largest employment sectors are Health Care & Social Assistance (52,094 workers), Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (39,689), and Educational Services (36,166), anchored by the University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and Lovelace Health System. Stansbury succeeded Deb Haaland, who was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Interior in 2021. 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