Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-03T09:22:46.280Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #81818) Resolved official: Thomas R. Suozzi (entity #10905) Ingest result: 42 facts · 43 sources · 2 silences · 3 contradictions · 8 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": "Thomas R. Suozzi", "bioguide_id": "S001201" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career (2015-2024): Raised $19,123,943. Top industry: Real Estate at $1,682,398. Top contributor organization: Henry Schein Inc at $112,389 (all individual). Other top contributors: Paul, Weiss et al ($97,314), Rxr Realty ($82,300), American Israel Public Affairs Cmte ($81,660 — $71,660 individual + $10,000 PAC). Heavy Finance/Real Estate tilt: Securities & Investment $1,556,159, Lawyers/Law Firms $1,430,349, Retired $1,161,582.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038742&cycle=CAREER" }, { "fact_text": "2024 special election: Outside groups spent $11,733,832 on Suozzi (supported $4,296,688; opposed $7,437,144). Top supporting groups: House Majority PAC ($7,037,797), DCCC ($3,398,126), Battleground New York ($1,631,274). Democratic Majority for Israel spent $49,276 supporting Suozzi.", "date_occurred": "2024-02-13", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/outside-spending?cycle=2024&id=NY03" }, { "fact_text": "AIPAC conduit bundled $25,735 through 23 payments to Suozzi for Congress in the 2024 cycle, per OpenSecrets vendor profile. Climate activists later confronted Suozzi claiming he 'took over $300,000 from AIPAC — then voted to fund ICE.'", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Suozzi+for+Congress&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Suozzi was one of the worst STOCK Act violators in Congress: failed to file required reports on nearly 300 financial transactions from 2017 to 2020. The House Ethics Committee absolved him, finding no 'knowing or willful' violation. He was again late in 2025, taking months to disclose five transactions worth $19,005-$110,000 including Treasury bill purchases.", "date_occurred": "2025-09-06", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/tom-suozzi-dq5hj4sr" }, { "fact_text": "After leaving Congress in 2023, Suozzi established Suozzi Consulting LLC, earning $535,000 in fees — roughly 3.75 times his congressional salary — from clients including construction and real estate development companies and a local bank. This was his income during the year between his congressional tenures.", "date_occurred": "2024-01-16", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/ever-wondered-members-congress-cash-172146679.html" }, { "fact_text": "Suozzi's estimated net worth is approximately $6.6 million (mid-2026), ranking around 110th in Congress. He sold between $61,005 and $215,000 of Apple stock in February 2026. In the past three years, he made 30 stock trades totaling more than $268,000, with largest trades in NVIDIA and Global Industrial.", "date_occurred": "2026-03-17", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.webull.hk/en/news/14558097643611136" }, { "fact_text": "Suozzi's top corporate PAC donors in the 2024 cycle included New Democrat Coalition ($48,750 via 25 payments), Tom Suozzi Victory Fund ($121,500 conduit), and JStreetPAC was not a major factor relative to AIPAC.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Suozzi+for+Congress&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Pro-Israel DMFI PAC spent $40,000 on Suozzi's 2024 special election campaign, mostly on ads. DMFI's chair hosted Suozzi on a trip to Israel in December 2023. The Intercept reported progressives feared Suozzi 'will side with GOP.'", "date_occurred": "2024-02-09", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://theintercept.com/2024/02/09/ny-democrat-tom-suozzi-israel/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "Career 2015-2024: $81,660 via individual ($71,660) and PAC ($10,000). 2024 cycle conduit: $25,735. DMFI spent additional $49,276 in outside support. Climate activists claim total career AIPAC-linked money exceeds $300,000.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038742&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Henry Schein Inc", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "Career 2015-2024: $112,389 via individual contributions ($112,389 individual, $0 PAC) — top contributing organization", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038742&cycle=CAREER" }, { "donor_entity_name": "New Democrat Coalition", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024: $48,750 via 25 payments — second-largest payor to Suozzi for Congress, reflecting his membership in the business-friendly New Democrat Coalition", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Suozzi+for+Congress&cycle=2024" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "Partially completed Vote Smart's 2024 Political Courage Test — some positions were 'Official Position' (directly addressed), others were 'Inferred Position' (derived from public record)", "expected_position": "Candidates for federal office are expected to provide explicit issue positions on key topics. Vote Smart repeatedly requested responses. Suozzi completed portions of the test but left others to be inferred.", "window_start": "2024-01-01", "window_end": "2024-11-05", "evidence_summary": "Suozzi was actively campaigning — raising funds, winning special election (Feb 13), then general election. Vote Smart's site states he 'is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test' and urges him to fill it out. Some of his issue positions are 'Official Position' meaning he addressed them directly; others were inferred by Vote Smart from his public record.", "primary_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/92111/thomas-suozzi" }, { "topic": "Did not publicly address progressive criticism of his AIPAC funding and ICE votes until physically confronted by climate activists in January 2026", "expected_position": "As a self-styled 'Mr. Civility' and bipartisan Democrat, Suozzi would be expected to address constituent concerns that his pro-Israel donor ties conflicted with his immigration enforcement votes. Activists with Climate Defence called his offices and organized for months before the confrontation.", "window_start": "2025-01-01", "window_end": "2026-01-30", "evidence_summary": "Climate Defence activists confronted Suozzi on January 31, 2026, shouting 'BLOOD ON HIS HANDS' and accusing him of taking 'over $300,000 from AIPAC — then voted to fund ICE.' During this period, Suozzi was actively voting, issuing statements, and holding town halls, but had not addressed the donor-vote connection until the physical confrontation forced a response.", "primary_url": "https://daizygedeon.com/news-blogs-and-cultures/2026/01/31/climate-activists-confront-u-s-congressman-tom-suozzi-over-aipac-money-and-support-for-ice/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Suozzi voted FOR the Laken Riley Act on January 7, 2025, becoming one of 48 House Democrats to support mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft. He wrote a NY Times essay on working with Trump and told Fox News: 'Democrats should embrace the idea of deporting criminals, secure the border and fix the asylum system.'", "claim_date": "2025-01-07", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/house-passes-bill-named-after-slain-nursing-student-laken-riley/" }, { "claim_text": "Suozzi voted FOR DHS appropriations on January 23, 2026, becoming one of only 7 House Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security including ICE. Two days later, after the fatal ICE shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, he issued a statement: 'I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis.'", "claim_date": "2026-01-23", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/suozzi-i-failed-when-voting-to-pass-dhs-funding-bill-002744" }, { "claim_text": "Suozzi built his reputation as 'Mr. SALT' — leading the bipartisan SALT Caucus to restore the state and local tax deduction for high-tax states like New York. He declared 'No SALT, no deal' and threatened to block Biden's infrastructure bill without SALT restoration.", "claim_date": "2021-06-24", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/taxes-salt/2021/06/24/id/1026406/" }, { "claim_text": "Suozzi voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill (Trump's reconciliation bill) on July 3, 2025, but simultaneously told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: 'I agree with 75% of the stuff that's in the big bill.' He voted against it citing Medicaid cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy, but his acknowledgment of broad agreement undermined his opposition.", "claim_date": "2025-07-06", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://nypost.com/2025/07/06/us-news/ny-dem-tom-suozzi-voted-against-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-but-admits-he-agrees-with-75-of-it/" }, { "claim_text": "Suozzi completed the Stand With Crypto Questionnaire expressing strong support for clear regulatory frameworks, self-custody rights, and ending de-banking of lawful crypto businesses. He supported CLARITY, GENIUS, and FIT21 Acts to 'advance consistent oversight focused on investor protection and asset safety.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-17", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.standwithcrypto.org/races/state/ny/district/3/democrat" }, { "claim_text": "The AFL-CIO opposed the CLARITY Act, stating it would 'enable the crypto industry to operate without effective oversight and endanger hard-earned retirement benefits.' Suozzi voted FOR the CLARITY Act as one of 78 House Democrats to support it, crossing labor's position despite substantial union support in his district.", "claim_date": "2025-07-17", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators/thomas-suozzi" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Suozzi voted FOR the Laken Riley Act in January 2025 (mandating ICE detention), then voted FOR DHS/ICE funding in January 2026 — but immediately regretted the funding vote after a fatal ICE shooting. His DHS vote made him one of just 7 Democrats to fund the agency he had previously characterized as needing 'real reforms' and 'guardrails.' Both votes together created a pattern of enabling ICE authority through legislation while publicly questioning ICE conduct after deaths made headlines." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "statement_vs_disclosure", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Suozzi campaigned as 'Mr. SALT' threatening to block bills without the deduction his constituents needed, but told the Treasury Secretary he agrees with '75%' of Trump's reconciliation bill — a bill that did not restore the SALT deduction and represented the opposite of his stated priorities. Both sources are from independent outlets with different hostnames (newsmax.com and nypost.com)." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Suozzi positioned himself as pro-crypto, completing the Stand With Crypto questionnaire and touting support for regulatory bills, but the AFL-CIO — which represents thousands of working people in his district — opposed the CLARITY Act as endangering retirement benefits. Suozzi voted for CLARITY anyway, aligning with crypto industry preferences over labor's concerns. Both sources are from independent outlets with different hostnames." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "S. 5 / H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20256", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi was one of only 48 House Democrats to support this hallmark Trump immigration bill. His district is 27.8% foreign-born, including large Asian and Hispanic immigrant communities. He wrote a NYT essay on working with Trump and told Fox News Democrats should 'embrace the idea of deporting criminals.' The vote placed him at odds with immigrant-rights advocates in a deep-blue district, but aligned with his suburban district's center-right tilt on crime and border issues.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 3633 / S. 1582", "title": "CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act (major crypto regulatory bills of the 119th Congress)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-17", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025199", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi voted for both major crypto bills — the CLARITY Act (passed 294-134 with 78 Democratic votes) and the GENIUS Act. Stand With Crypto rates him 'Very pro-crypto.' The AFL-CIO opposed CLARITY as endangering retirement benefits. Suozzi's 'A' grade from Stand With Crypto marks him as one of the most pro-crypto Democrats in the House, despite his district's significant labor union constituency.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H. Res. 189", "title": "Censure of Rep. Al Green for interrupting President Trump's address to Congress", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.newsday.com/opinion/the-point/the-point-newsday-tom-suozzi-laura-gillen-al-green-censure-vote-egg-prices-o7kc32fw", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi was one of only 10 House Democrats to vote with Republicans to censure fellow Democrat Al Green. He said: 'I can't say I'm bipartisan and Mr. Civility and then just take the party line.' Liberal Democrats sang 'We Shall Overcome' in protest. The vote underlined Suozzi's brand as a centrist willing to break with his party on decorum and process, but drew intense pushback from progressive constituents.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7147 / H.R. 7744", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — voted to fund DHS/ICE, then publicly regretted it after Minneapolis shooting", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-01-23", "roll_call_url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/suozzi-i-failed-when-voting-to-pass-dhs-funding-bill-002744", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi was one of only 7 House Democrats to fund DHS/ICE in January 2026. Two days later, after ICE killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, he said 'I failed' and pledged to oppose future ICE funding. This vote-and-apologize pattern illustrates the acute cross-pressure between his border-security campaign positioning and the progressive backlash he faces at home on Long Island.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill (Trump's reconciliation bill with tax cuts, Medicaid/SNAP cuts, and No Tax on Tips)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://nypost.com/2025/07/06/us-news/ny-dem-tom-suozzi-voted-against-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-but-admits-he-agrees-with-75-of-it/", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi voted against the bill after telling the Treasury Secretary he agrees with 75% of it. His district has a median income of $139,677 and the highest SALT burden in the nation — the bill neither restored SALT nor adequately addressed his constituents' top pocketbook concern. The AFL-CIO opposed the bill. His vote aligned with his caucus but his rhetoric (agreeing with 75%) blurred the opposition message.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 22", "title": "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (requires documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-04-10", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/all-info", "why_it_matters": "The NRCC attacked Suozzi for voting 'to let illegals vote.' The bill passed 220-208 with only 4 Democratic votes. Suozzi's district is 27.8% foreign-born, including large Asian and Hispanic communities that voting rights advocates argued would face disproportionate barriers. His vote aligned with Democratic opposition to voting restrictions.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "S. 1071", "title": "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (rule for consideration)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-12-10", "roll_call_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/key-votes/the-rule-providing-for-consideration-of-s-1071-the-national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi voted 'No' on the NDAA rule, which the AFL-CIO opposed because it 'fails to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers at the Department of Defense after this provision was originally included in the underlying legislation.' The CWA scored this as a key vote. Suozzi's vote aligned with labor's position.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H. Res. 927", "title": "Motion to table (kill) Rep. Al Green's third impeachment articles against President Trump", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-12-11", "roll_call_url": "https://americasvoice.news/house-rejects-latest-effort-to-impeach-president-trump-many-democrats-vote-present/", "why_it_matters": "Suozzi was among 23 Democrats who voted with Republicans to table the impeachment resolution, after having previously voted to impeach Trump three times in 2019 and 2021. The NRCC called this yet another flip-flop: 'Tom Suozzi just reversed course on impeaching President Trump, after already voting to impeach him three times.' Suozzi argued the impeachment was 'political theater' that would fail in the GOP-controlled House.", "category": "reversal" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New York's 3rd Congressional District encompasses the North Shore of Long Island (much of Nassau County) and a sliver of northeastern Queens in New York City. It is home to approximately 770,395 residents and is the wealthiest congressional district in New York (fourth-wealthiest nationally). The median household income is $139,677 — nearly four times the national median. The district is majority White (53.7% Non-Hispanic), with very large Asian (23.5%, predominantly Chinese and Korean) and Hispanic (15.2%) communities. 27.8% of residents are foreign-born, and 92.1% are U.S. citizens. The median home value is $770,400 with a 79.6% homeownership rate and median rent of $2,315. Only 4% live in poverty. 53.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — far above the national average. The largest employment sectors are Health Care & Social Assistance (66,489), Educational Services (44,495), and Professional/Scientific/Technical Services (44,376). The district leans D+100 (Solid Democratic per Legisletter) but is socially center-left and fiscally moderate; it was one of 13 districts that voted for Trump in 2024 while simultaneously electing Democrat Suozzi. Suozzi has represented this district since a February 2024 special election (previously 2017-2023). He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. Key issues include the SALT deduction cap (the district is among the hardest-hit nationally), property taxes, healthcare costs, and immigration pragmatism. Suozzi is Vice Chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Health Care & Social Assistance (sector)", "employees": 66489, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "name": "Educational Services (sector)", "employees": 44495, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "name": "Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (sector)", "employees": 44376, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "Health Care & Social Assistance (NAICS 62)", "share": 0.177, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "naics": "Educational Services (NAICS 61)", "share": 0.119, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "naics": "Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (NAICS 54)", "share": 0.118, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "naics": "Finance & Insurance & Real Estate (NAICS 52-53)", "share": 0.110, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Proposition 1 — New York Equal Rights Amendment (codify abortion rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and anti-discrimination provisions in state constitution)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "61.7% Yes — 38.3% No (statewide)", "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_Proposition_1,_Equal_Protection_Law_Amendment_Measure_(2024)" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$139,677 (national median $37,585) — among the wealthiest congressional districts in America", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" }, { "label": "Median property value", "value": "$770,400 (2024)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "label": "Population foreign-born", "value": "27.8% (approximately 215,000 residents)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "label": "Bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "53.4% of adults (national average 33.7%)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "79.6% (national average 65.5%)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "4% (national average 12.4%) — one of the lowest poverty rates of any congressional district", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" }, { "label": "Largest ethnic groups", "value": "White Non-Hispanic 53.7%, Asian Non-Hispanic 23.5%, Hispanic 15.2%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "label": "Partisan lean (Legisletter/Cook PVI)", "value": "D+100 (Solid Democratic) — but Trump carried the district in 2024 while Suozzi held on by 0.54 points", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" }, { "label": "U.S. citizenship rate", "value": "92.1%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "label": "Non-English language households", "value": "37.5% (primarily Spanish, Chinese, Korean)", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-3-ny" }, { "label": "Median age", "value": "44.8 (national 38.5) — older, homeowner-oriented district", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-suozzi-S001201/district" } ] } } }