Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-03T00:49:14.858Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #78950) Resolved official: Mike Carey (entity #10976) Ingest result: 15 facts · 15 sources · 1 silences · 1 contradictions · 3 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": "Mike Carey", "bioguide_id": "C001126" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career total of $287,540 from the Energy & Natural Resources sector, primarily driven by coal mining and electric utility interests.", "date_occurred": "2026-05-02", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-carey/summary?cid=N00048598" }, { "fact_text": "Received $10,000 from the American Electric Power PAC during the 2024 election cycle.", "date_occurred": "2024-10-15", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202410249666245081" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Consolidated Natural Resources", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2024: $22,400 via employees and PAC; Carey previously served as the chief federal lobbyist for this entity (formerly Murray Energy).", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-carey/contributors?cid=N00048598" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Electric Power", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2024: $18,500; AEP is a major employer and utility provider in Carey's district and the surrounding Columbus metro area.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-carey/contributors?cid=N00048598" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Marathon Petroleum", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "2024: $10,000 via PAC; consistent support from Ohio-based energy processing interests.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-carey/contributors?cid=N00048598" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "Black Lung Disability Trust Fund solvency", "expected_position": "Advocacy for permanent extension of the excise tax on coal to ensure fund stability for miners in his region.", "window_start": "2025-01-01", "window_end": "2026-04-30", "evidence_summary": "Extremely vocal on the 'Pay Less at the Pump Act' and fossil fuel production incentives, proving active engagement in energy policy while avoiding the financial liabilities of the coal industry.", "primary_url": "https://carey.house.gov/priorities/domestic-energy-independence/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Mike Carey is a conservative outsider who has spent his career holding politicians accountable and fighting for working class families.", "claim_date": "2021-08-03", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio%27s_15th_Congressional_District_special_election,_2021_(August_3_Republican_primary)" }, { "claim_text": "Lobbying disclosure reports showing Michael Carey as Vice President of Government Affairs for Murray Energy Corporation for over 20 years.", "claim_date": "2021-05-01", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=81525" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Carey campaigns as an 'outsider' despite a multi-decade career as a high-level federal lobbyist for the coal industry, a core component of the political establishment he critiques." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Lower Energy Costs Act provisions)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025182", "why_it_matters": "A direct benefit to former lobbying clients; the bill repeals the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and streamlines fossil fuel permits while Carey remains a top recipient of coal PAC funds.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8998", "title": "Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-07-24", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024399", "why_it_matters": "Voted to slash EPA funding and environmental oversight, aligning with the regulatory relief requested by his primary energy sector donors.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 2617", "title": "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2022-12-23", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022549", "why_it_matters": "Voted against the major funding bill despite significant infrastructure needs in his district, prioritizing party/ideological alignment over constituent resource allocation.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Ohio's 15th District serves a mix of suburban Columbus, including high-growth areas in Franklin County, and more rural counties to the south and west like Madison, Fayette, and Clinton. It is a regional hub for logistics, insurance, and medical manufacturing.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Cardinal Health", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ohio_Congressional_District_Profiles_2026.pdf" }, { "name": "NetJets", "employees": 2500, "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/2026/02/26/2026-congressional-district-profiles/" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "5241", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ohio_Congressional_District_Profiles_2026.pdf" }, { "naics": "4885", "share": 0.09, "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ohio_Congressional_District_Profiles_2026.pdf" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Ohio Issue 1 (Right to Abortion/Reproductive Rights)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "56.6%", "source_url": "https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/2023-official-election-results/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median Household Income", "value": "$70,897", "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ohio_Congressional_District_Profiles_2026.pdf" }, { "label": "Small Business Share of Employment", "value": "44.2%", "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/2026/02/26/2026-congressional-district-profiles/" } ] } } }