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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-03T16:24:19.033Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #82311)
Resolved official: Hakeem Jeffries (entity #1129)
Ingest result: 37 facts · 37 sources · 1 silences · 2 contradictions · 4 voting_records · 8 skipped
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.
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"target_official": {
"name": "Hakeem S. Jeffries",
"bioguide_id": "J000294"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "Career fundraising (2011-2024): $38,431,874 raised, $33,477,468 spent, $4,954,564 cash on hand. Top industry: Retired ($4,280,524). Top contributor: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte ($933,415). Securities & Investment: $3,000,052. Lawyers/Law Firms: $2,415,202. Pro-Israel sector: $1,742,105.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
},
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle: Total receipts $22,977,197.34; total contributions $18,576,563.14; individual contributions $15,936,793.65 (itemized $7,242,167.89, unitemized $8,694,625.76); other committee (PAC) contributions $2,639,351.00.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00503052/?tab=raising&cycle=2024#total-receipts"
},
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle top 20 contributors: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte $698,485 (individuals $690,985 + PAC $7,500); Apollo Global Management $78,600; BlackRock Inc $74,075; Lockheed Martin $70,635; MetLife Inc $63,226; Ropes & Gray $46,333; Squire Patton Boggs $41,852.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033640&cycle=2012&type=I&newMem=N&recs=20"
},
{
"fact_text": "Jeffries operates a Leadership PAC named Jobs, Education, & Families First (JEFF PAC). It raised and spent funds to support other Democratic candidates.",
"date_occurred": "2025-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
},
{
"fact_text": "In 2020, Jeffries voted in favor of a $740 billion defense authorization bill (NDAA), a proposal that received a 'no' vote from all nine other members of New York City's congressional delegation.",
"date_occurred": "2020-07-21",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/11/30/when-it-comes-to-foreign-policy-hakeem-jeffries-will-bring-more-of-the-same/"
},
{
"fact_text": "2022 cycle: Total receipts $6,037,499.66; individual contributions $2,833,775.15; PAC/other committee contributions $2,054,096.67.",
"date_occurred": "2022-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2NY10092/?cycle=2022&election_full=false"
},
{
"fact_text": "AIPAC-affiliated donors gave Jeffries approximately $1,367,047 in cumulative contributions as of mid-2024, making him one of the top AIPAC beneficiaries in Congress.",
"date_occurred": "2024-07-24",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.albawaba.net/node/secure-applause-netanyahu-aipac-lavished-1586234"
}
],
"connections": [
{
"donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "Career: $933,415 ($919,215 individuals + $14,200 PAC). 2023-24 cycle: $698,485. AIPAC is Jeffries' single largest career donor.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Pro-Israel America PAC",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "Career: $213,450 in PAC contributions.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Apollo Global Management",
"relationship_type": "donor",
"description": "Career: $198,089 ($197,089 individuals + $1,000 PAC). 2023-24 cycle: $78,600.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "BlackRock Inc",
"relationship_type": "donor",
"description": "2023-24 cycle: $74,075 (all individual contributions).",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033640&cycle=2012&type=I&newMem=N&recs=20"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Lockheed Martin",
"relationship_type": "donor",
"description": "2023-24 cycle: $70,635 ($62,135 individuals + $8,500 PAC).",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033640&cycle=2012&type=I&newMem=N&recs=20"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Paul, Weiss et al",
"relationship_type": "donor",
"description": "Career: $316,150 (all individual). Top law-firm donor.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640&cycle=CAREER&type=P"
}
]
},
"silences": [
{
"topic": "Urged Democrats to adopt 'silent defiance' rather than active protest at Trump's 2026 State of the Union address",
"expected_position": "As House Minority Leader and the top Democrat in the chamber, Jeffries would be expected to coordinate a visible, unified protest strategy against a president from the opposing party during the highest-profile annual address to Congress. Past Democratic leaders have organized walkouts, vocal protests, or coordinated messaging.",
"window_start": "2026-02-23",
"window_end": "2026-02-25",
"evidence_summary": "Ahead of the February 2026 State of the Union, Jeffries publicly told his caucus the two options were to attend with 'silent defiance' or skip entirely. He actively discouraged members from making a scene. During this same window, Jeffries gave press conferences and appeared on national media discussing DHS funding and budget reconciliation, demonstrating he was otherwise publicly engaged.",
"primary_url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5754477-trump-state-of-the-union-sotu-colbert-jeffries/"
}
],
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "In a 2015 House floor speech, Jeffries said: 'We are here today to do a single job, and that should be to fund fully the Department of Homeland Security. Anything else is an abdication of our responsibility. Anything else is an act of legislative malpractice.'",
"claim_date": "2015-02-27",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/flashback-jeffries-called-failing-fully-103533706.html"
},
{
"claim_text": "In 2025-2026, Jeffries led the Democratic blockade of full-year DHS funding, demanding immigration enforcement reforms before passing any funding bill. He said 'Taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for the American people, not brutalize or kill them' and called ICE 'out of control.'",
"claim_date": "2026-03-26",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://hannity.com/media-room/flip-flop-fury-jeffries-dhs-malpractice-remark-comes-back-to-haunt-him-watch/"
},
{
"claim_text": "As a New York State Assemblyman in 2011, Jeffries co-sponsored legislation to raise the charter school cap and was described by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools CEO as someone the charter community could 'consistently rely on his support for a decade.' He visited Success Academy schools and received charter-advocate awards as late as 2018.",
"claim_date": "2011-10-28",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://observer.com/2011/10/anti-charter-advocates-slam-hakeem-jeffries/"
},
{
"claim_text": "After becoming House Democratic Leader in 2023, Jeffries downplayed his charter school support. Observers noted he 'probably won't enthusiastically endorse charter schools because of the Democrats' need for teachers union support.' The 74 Million reported he had grown 'less outspoken on the subject.'",
"claim_date": "2023-02-21",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-charter-fan-democratic-leader-163000694.html"
}
],
"contradictions": [
{
"claim_a_idx": 0,
"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "In 2015, Jeffries called failure to pass a 'clean' full-year DHS funding bill 'legislative malpractice' and an 'abdication of responsibility.' A decade later, as House Minority Leader, he led the Democratic blockade against full-year DHS funding, demanding immigration enforcement reforms as a precondition. The same statutory vehicle—a full-year DHS appropriations bill—is at issue in both positions, but Jeffries' stance has reversed 180 degrees."
},
{
"claim_a_idx": 2,
"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "position_evolution",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Jeffries was a reliable charter school supporter for a decade, co-sponsoring legislation to raise the charter cap and receiving awards from charter advocates. After ascending to House Democratic Leader in 2023, he substantially downplayed that support to align with teachers union priorities. This is a position evolution driven by changed political constituency rather than changed policy analysis."
}
]
},
"telling_votes": [
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 29",
"title": "Laken Riley Act (Initial House Version)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025006",
"why_it_matters": "Jeffries voted Nay against a bill that passed 264-159 with 48 Democrats joining all Republicans. His district is D+26 with a 43% Black and 16% Hispanic population, including many immigrant families. The vote aligned with constituent demographics but placed him against a bipartisan majority and public sentiment favoring stricter immigration enforcement. As Minority Leader, he gave members permission to vote their conscience while personally opposing the measure.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 22",
"title": "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025102",
"why_it_matters": "Jeffries voted Nay on requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration. The bill passed 220-208 with only 4 Democratic votes. Jeffries called the bill 'voter suppression,' putting him at odds with majority public opinion (polls consistently show 70%+ support for voter ID). His district's large immigrant and minority population benefits from current registration rules, but the vote creates electoral vulnerability by allowing GOP opponents to frame him as opposing election integrity.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Budget Reconciliation)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190",
"why_it_matters": "Jeffries voted Nay (along with all 212 Democrats) on the GOP tax-and-spending package after delivering a record-breaking 8-hour-44-minute floor speech opposing it. The bill included tax cuts that would benefit higher-income constituents in his district (median income $66,089 vs. national $37,585) but paired them with deep Medicaid and SNAP cuts. His district has a 16.3% poverty rate—well above the 12.4% national average—creating direct cross-pressure between upper-income tax beneficiaries and lower-income safety-net dependents.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 6395",
"title": "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2020-07-21",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6395",
"why_it_matters": "Jeffries voted Yea on a $740 billion defense authorization bill, the only member of the 10-person New York City congressional delegation to do so. All nine other NYC House members voted Nay. The vote aligned with top defense-sector donors (Lockheed Martin contributed $70,635 in the 2023-24 cycle alone) but diverged sharply from both his NYC delegation peers and the preferences of a Brooklyn-Queens district where defense spending is not a salient economic interest. Verified by Responsible Statecraft; exact roll call number pending clerk.house.gov confirmation.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
}
],
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"district_summary": "New York's 8th Congressional District encompasses large portions of Brooklyn and a section of Queens in New York City. The district is overwhelmingly urban (99.99%), with a population of approximately 759,000. It is a majority-minority district: 43.0% Black, 28.9% White, 16.2% Hispanic, and significant Asian-American communities. The district carries a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26, making it one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. Median household income is $66,089—well above the national median—but poverty runs at 16.3%, unemployment at 9.0%, and homeownership is just 32.2%, reflecting acute housing affordability pressure. The district is transit-dependent (47.2% public transit use) with a mean commute of 44.6 minutes. Key neighborhoods include Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, Howard Beach, and Marine Park. The economy is anchored by healthcare, education, and public administration, with education and healthcare combining for over 25% of employment.",
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"employees": 135000,
"source_url": "https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/leadership/doe-leadership"
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{
"name": "NYC Health + Hospitals",
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"source_url": "https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/about/"
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{
"name": "Brooklyn College (CUNY)",
"employees": 1800,
"source_url": "https://www.brooklyn.edu/about/"
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{
"name": "Kings County Hospital Center",
"employees": 5000,
"source_url": "https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/kingscounty/"
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{
"name": "SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University",
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"source_url": "https://www.downstate.edu/about/index.html"
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"name": "New York State Proposition 1 — Equal Rights Amendment (2024)",
"year": 2024,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "61.7%-38.3%",
"source_url": "https://www.elections.ny.gov/2024ElectionResults.html"
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"value": "$66,089",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Population (2023)",
"value": "759,088",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Homeownership rate",
"value": "32.2%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Bachelor's degree or higher",
"value": "36.2%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Poverty rate",
"value": "16.3%",
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"value": "9.0%",
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"value": "38.7",
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"label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index",
"value": "D+26",
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"value": "43.0%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Race/Ethnicity — White",
"value": "28.9%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/hakeem-jeffries-J000294/district"
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"label": "Race/Ethnicity — Hispanic",
"value": "16.2%",
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"label": "Public transit commuters",
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