Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-03T03:24:12.060Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #80072) Resolved official: Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (entity #11212) Ingest result: 41 facts · 40 sources · 1 contradictions · 7 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": "Robert C. "Bobby" Scott", "bioguide_id": "S000185" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career total raised (1989-2024): $8,070,095. Spent $7,828,091 with $210,393 cash on hand. Top contributing industry: Public Sector Unions at $640,250, followed by Lawyers/Law Firms ($616,746), Industrial Unions ($482,500), Building Trade Unions ($400,700), and Transportation Unions ($292,700).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "fact_text": "Top career contributor: Dominion Energy at $148,976 ($64,626 individuals, $84,350 PAC). Second: American Association for Justice (trial lawyers) at $147,500 (all PAC). Third: National Education Association at $126,900 ($900 individuals, $126,000 PAC). Fourth: AFSCME at $118,750 ($250 individuals, $118,500 PAC). Fifth: Northrop Grumman at $109,700 ($45,700 individuals, $64,000 PAC).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "fact_text": "2024 cycle PAC donors at $10,000 each: Boilermakers Union, AFSCME, Communications Workers of America, National Association of Realtors, Operating Engineers Union, SEIU, Common Ground PAC, Forward Together PAC, National Auto Dealers Association, and United Steelworkers. ActBlue processed $211,581 in small-dollar contributions. AIPAC does not appear among his top 20 contributors or among his significant PAC donors.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Bobby+Scott+for+Congress" }, { "fact_text": "Scott operates Strengthening Virginia's Working Families PAC, his leadership PAC. He raised $861,567 for the 2024 cycle and $126,000 in Q2 2025 alone. His fundraising is modest compared to peers, reflecting his safe D+40 district with minimal electoral pressure.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Scott's net worth at $1.9 million as of July 2025 — the 227th highest in Congress. OpenSecrets estimated his 2018 net worth at $566,071 to $2,277,999. He has minimal individual stock holdings; most of his wealth is in retirement accounts, real estate, and his congressional salary.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-18", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Fundraising+Update:+Representative+Robert+C.+%22Bobby%22+Scott+just+disclosed+$126.0K+of+new+fundraising" }, { "fact_text": "In September 2021, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an ethics complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics alleging Scott failed to file periodic transaction reports for up to $60,000 in stock purchases in 2019-2020, potentially violating the STOCK Act. Scott is a co-sponsor of legislation to ban individual stock trading by members of Congress.", "date_occurred": "2021-09-27", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://thestarnewsnetwork.com/2021/09/27/watchdog-requests-ethics-investigation-into-rep-scotts-financial-reporting-of-stock-trades/?bureau=the-virginia-star&redirected=1" }, { "fact_text": "Scott is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A. 1969) and Boston College Law School (J.D. 1973). He served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard (1970-1974) and U.S. Army Reserve (1974-1976). He practiced law at his own firm in Newport News before his political career. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1978-1983), the Virginia State Senate (1983-1993), and has been in Congress since 1993 — making him the longest-serving member of Virginia's congressional delegation.", "date_occurred": "1993-01-03", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" }, { "fact_text": "Scott serves as the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce — his sixth term as the committee's Democratic leader. He previously chaired the committee (2019-2023) when Democrats held the majority. He also serves on the House Budget Committee. He is the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia since Reconstruction and is a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.", "date_occurred": "2025-01-03", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/about/meet-the-ranking-member" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Dominion Energy", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $148,976 via individual ($64,626) and PAC ($84,350) — Scott's single largest career contributor. Dominion is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is a major employer in the state.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Northrop Grumman", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $109,700 via individual ($45,700) and PAC ($64,000). Northrop Grumman is the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding — the largest industrial employer in Scott's district with approximately 25,000 workers.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $118,750 via individual ($250) and PAC ($118,500) — Scott's fourth-largest career contributor. Scott has a 98% AFL-CIO lifetime voting score.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "National Education Assn", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "1989-2024: $126,900 via individual ($900) and PAC ($126,000). As Ranking Member of the Education and Workforce Committee, Scott is one of the NEA's most important congressional allies.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00002147&newMem=N" } ] }, "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": "Scott co-sponsors legislation (the TRUST in Congress Act) to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. The Campaign Legal Center filed an ethics complaint in 2021 alleging Scott himself failed to properly disclose up to $60,000 in individual stock transactions in 2019-2020.", "claim_date": "2021-09-27", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://thestarnewsnetwork.com/2021/09/27/watchdog-requests-ethics-investigation-into-rep-scotts-financial-reporting-of-stock-trades/?bureau=the-virginia-star&redirected=1" }, { "claim_text": "Scott voted yea on H.R. 8034 ($26 billion Israel military aid) and voted yea on $61 billion Ukraine military aid. He supports Israel's 'right to defend themselves' but also called for an 'immediate ceasefire' in April 2024 — staking out a position that supports both military aid and diplomatic resolution.", "claim_date": "2024-04-20", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-statement-ongoing-israel-hamas-war-humanitarian-crisis-gaza" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 0, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Scott co-sponsors legislation to ban congressional stock trading while himself having been the subject of a Campaign Legal Center ethics complaint for failing to properly disclose up to $60,000 in stock transactions — the very transparency and conflict-of-interest concerns his own bill is designed to address. The complaint noted the trades may have been below the $1,000 threshold at purchase but appreciated above it, which the CLC argued still required disclosure." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-republican-budget-big-bad-bill", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. As Ranking Member of the Education and Workforce Committee, Scott delivered a scathing statement calling it the 'Big, Bad Bill' — a 'collection of bad policies' that 'kicks millions of people off their health care, threatens food security for millions of families, makes it harder for students to afford education, and diverts taxpayer resources from public schools.' He held a town hall in Norfolk warning constituents about the bill's impact on Medicaid, noting the heavy reliance on Medicaid in his district through foster care and community health centers. The AFL-CIO, which gives Scott a 98% lifetime score, opposed the bill. His VA-03 district has 11.3% poverty, 52.9% homeownership, median household income of $67,878, and 30.0% bachelor's degree attainment — with thousands depending on Medicaid. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. Only 2 Republicans voted nay.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 22, 2025)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-22", "roll_call_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-statement-laken-riley-act", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. He stated the bill would 'subject migrants, including those with lawful status, to mandatory immigration detention if they are merely arrested for certain criminal offenses, even if they are never ultimately charged or found guilty — denying them the fundamental right to due process.' He noted migrants are already deportable under current law if convicted and that 'while we must do more to reform our immigration system and keep our communities safe, this bill would do neither.' Scott was among 156 Democrats who opposed the bill; 48 Democrats voted yea. His VA-03 district is 43.5% Black and majority-minority with a significant immigrant community in the Hampton Roads region. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 35", "title": "Iran War Powers Resolution — March 5, 2026", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-03-05", "roll_call_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-votes-against-trumps-iran-war", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted yea on the bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran, stating he 'voted against President Trump's reckless and illegal war in Iran.' He said the Trump administration 'could not articulate any credible rationale for the war nor a plan to bring it to an end' and warned the war 'risks destabilizing the entire region.' Scott, who also voted against the Iraq War in 2002, has a long record of supporting congressional war powers authority. The resolution failed 219-212. Scott's vote and his forceful floor statement placed him in the progressive anti-war wing — consistent with his decades-long skepticism of executive war-making. He represents the district that includes Newport News Shipbuilding, the nation's largest military shipbuilder, and Norfolk Naval Base — making war and peace votes directly relevant to his defense-dependent constituents.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-statement-ongoing-israel-hamas-war-humanitarian-crisis-gaza", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted yea on $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel as part of the comprehensive $95 billion national security package. He simultaneously issued a statement supporting an 'immediate ceasefire' and the release of hostages, stating he remains 'supportive of Israel's right to defend themselves and their efforts to defeat Hamas' but that 'children are starving and women and children are being killed in Gaza.' The vote was bipartisan (366-58). Scott's position reflects the Democratic mainstream — supporting Israel aid while advocating for a diplomatic resolution — and his district's significant military and shipbuilding workforce means foreign policy votes are viewed through a national-security employment lens.", "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://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority (311-112). He has been a consistent supporter of Ukraine aid since the 2022 Russian invasion, reflecting his internationalist foreign policy posture. The vote distinguished him from the isolationist GOP majority while aligning with Democratic leadership.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "Con.Res. 14", "title": "FY 2025 Budget Resolution (Reconciliation Framework, February 2025)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-02-21", "roll_call_url": "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-republican-budget-big-bad-bill", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted nay on the budget resolution that set the framework for the OBBBA reconciliation. As a Budget Committee member and Ranking Member of Education and Workforce, he delivered a statement calling the bill 'not fiscally responsible' and noting that 'every single Democratic president since Kennedy has left a better deficit situation' for Republican successors. The AFL-CIO opposed the bill as prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthy. Scott voted with working people, consistent with his 98% AFL-CIO lifetime score. All Democrats opposed the resolution.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "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://www.wavy.com/news/politics/virginia-politics/local-house-congressional-members-divided-over-vote-to-open-the-government/", "why_it_matters": "Scott voted against the bill to end the 43-day government shutdown, citing the omission of ACA enhanced premium tax credit extensions and a provision that would provide 'millions of dollars in cash payouts to several Republican Senators who were investigated during the January 6th insurrection prosecutions.' He said 'this last-minute amendment corruptly enriches a few senators' and that 'their Big Ugly Law decimated Medicaid.' His district relies heavily on ACA subsidies and Medicaid, making his opposition consistent with his broader healthcare advocacy. Only 8 Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown.", "category": "constituent_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Virginia's 3rd Congressional District encompasses the Hampton Roads region, serving the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, and part of Chesapeake. Home to approximately 776,096 constituents, the district is majority-minority (43.5% Black, 40.5% White, 8.4% Hispanic). The median household income is $67,878 — well above the $37,585 national median — with a poverty rate of 11.3% (below the 12.4% national average). Homeownership is 52.9% (below 65.5% nationally), and median home value is $269,200. Only 30.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree (below 33.7% nationally), and 8.7% lack a high school diploma. The district skews younger (median age 34.6 vs. 38.5), with 32% of residents in the 20-39 working-age bracket. The economy is anchored by defense and shipbuilding: Newport News Shipbuilding (a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employing approximately 25,000 workers building nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines), Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Naval Base (the world's largest naval station), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, the Port of Virginia, healthcare (Sentara, Riverside Health), and higher education (Old Dominion University, Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Christopher Newport University). The district has a Cook PVI of D+18 to D+40 (shifted 5 points more Democratic since the last redistricting), making it a safe Democratic seat. Scott has held this seat since its creation in 1992 and has never faced a serious re-election challenge, winning the 2024 general election with approximately 69% of the vote.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Newport News Shipbuilding / Huntington Ingalls Industries (NNS)", "employees": 25000, "source_url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/02/22/2613561/0/en/HII-Hosts-Members-of-Virginia-s-Congressional-Delegation-at-Newport-News-Shipbuilding.html" }, { "name": "Norfolk Naval Base (world's largest naval station)", "employees": 60000, "source_url": "https://www.navymwrmidlant.com/norfolk" }, { "name": "Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk general hospital and regional network)", "employees": 10000, "source_url": "https://www.sentara.com/about" }, { "name": "Old Dominion University", "employees": 4000, "source_url": "https://www.odu.edu/about" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "3366", "share": 0.18, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/norfolk-va" }, { "naics": "62", "share": 0.16, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/norfolk-va" }, { "naics": "9281", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/norfolk-va" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Virginia Constitutional Amendment — Expand Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Soldiers Who Died in the Line of Duty (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "93% Yes — 7% No", "source_url": "https://www.elections.virginia.gov/results" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "population", "value": "776,096", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "median household income", "value": "$67,878", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "11.3% (below the 12.4% national average)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "52.9% (vs. 65.5% nationally)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "30.0% (8.7% lack a high school diploma)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "34.6 (vs. 38.5 nationally)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "Black population share", "value": "43.5% (largest racial group)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "White (Non-Hispanic) population share", "value": "40.5%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "8.4%", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=7705919" }, { "label": "median home value", "value": "$269,200", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "median rent", "value": "$1,359", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "public transit utilization", "value": "1.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "average commute time", "value": "23.2 minutes", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "unemployment rate", "value": "5.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "D+40 (shifted D+5 since last redistricting)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robert-scott-S000185/district" } ] } } }