Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-21T15:42:57.707Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress
Resolved official: William R. Timmons (entity #3493)
Ingest result: 0 inserted, 32 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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"name": "William R. Timmons",
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"fact_text": "For the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. William Timmons's campaign raised $1,329,634, spent $1,321,533, and had $20,115 cash on hand as of 12/31/2024. PAC contributions accounted for 74.32% of total receipts.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00042715&cycle=2018"
},
{
"fact_text": "For the 2025 calendar year (coverage 01/01/2025 to 12/31/2025), Timmons's principal campaign committee reported total receipts of $531,981.90, including $159,791.16 in individual contributions and $357,500.00 from other committees (PACs).",
"date_occurred": "2025-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8SC04250/?tab=summary"
},
{
"fact_text": "Top contributing industries to Timmons's 2023-2024 campaign: Leadership PACs ($163,400), Securities & Investment ($109,425), Commercial Banks ($103,023), Real Estate ($89,357), Insurance ($84,050).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
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},
{
"fact_text": "Timmons's leadership PAC, Upstate South Carolina PAC, is a Republican leadership PAC.",
"date_occurred": "2025-04-01",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/upstate-south-carolina-pac/C00690537/summary/2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "Rep. William Timmons serves on the House Financial Services Committee (including the Subcommittee on Digital Assets) and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs.",
"date_occurred": "2025-04-01",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/william-timmons-T000480/committees"
},
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"fact_text": "Timmons' estimated net worth as of October 1, 2025, is $21.3 million, ranking 60th highest in Congress according to Quiver Quantitative.",
"date_occurred": "2025-10-01",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press%20Release:%20Timmons%20Addresses%20Government%20Shutdown,%20Assures%20Constituents%20Offices%20Will%20Remain%20Open"
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"description": "2023-2024: $41,597 total ($31,597 individuals, $10,000 PAC)",
"confidence": "primary",
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"donor_entity_name": "National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn",
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"description": "2023-2024: $13,000 via PAC",
"confidence": "primary",
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"donor_entity_name": "Wells Fargo",
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"description": "2023-2024: $13,000 via PAC",
"confidence": "primary",
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"donor_entity_name": "PNC Financial Services",
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"description": "2023-2024: $12,500 via PAC",
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"reason": "No primary-source-grade evidence of a falsifiable silence with active-on-adjacent evidence was identified in public records."
},
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"claim_text": "Timmons stated: \"I support President Trump's plan to build a wall, secure our borders, and stop sanctuary cities.\"",
"claim_date": "2020-05-13",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.ontheissues.org/House/William_Timmons_Immigration.htm"
},
{
"claim_text": "Timmons co-sponsored the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R.1044), which increases per-country caps on family-based immigrant visas and eliminates the cap for employment-based visas.",
"claim_date": "2019-02-07",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.ontheissues.org/House/William_Timmons_Immigration.htm"
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"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "While Timmons campaigned on strict border enforcement and ending chain migration, he co-sponsored legislation to increase legal immigration by easing per-country caps, a move that critics argue contradicts his hardline stance."
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"bill_id": "H.R. 6968",
"title": "Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2022-03-09",
"roll_call_url": "https://timmons.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=141",
"why_it_matters": "Timmons voted to ban Russian oil imports following the invasion of Ukraine, aligning with bipartisan condemnation of Russia's aggression. This vote underscores his support for Ukraine and contrasts with some members of his party who opposed such measures.",
"category": "party_defection"
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"bill_id": "H.Res. 1143",
"title": "Condemning Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-18",
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"why_it_matters": "Timmons voted to condemn Iran's attack on Israel and reaffirm U.S. support for Israeli security, consistent with his pro-Israel stance and AIPAC support. This vote demonstrates his alignment with mainstream Republican foreign policy.",
"category": "party_defection"
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "Budget Resolution (including Medicaid cuts)",
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"vote_date": "2025-04-01",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-1/87",
"why_it_matters": "Timmons voted for the Republican budget resolution, which included significant cuts to Medicaid and other social programs. This vote aligns with his fiscal conservatism but may conflict with the interests of low-income constituents in his district.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 4763",
"title": "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-05-22",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.standwithcrypto.org/bills/hr4763-118-US",
"why_it_matters": "Timmons voted for this crypto-friendly legislation, reflecting his strong support for digital assets and blockchain technology. This vote aligns with his membership on the Financial Services Committee and his pro-crypto public statements.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
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{
"bill_id": "H.R. 3633",
"title": "CLARITY Act (digital asset regulatory certainty)",
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"vote_date": "2025-03-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.standwithcrypto.org/bills/HR3633-119-US",
"why_it_matters": "Timmons voted for this bipartisan bill to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets, a priority for the crypto industry. This vote demonstrates his commitment to fostering innovation in the financial sector.",
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"district_summary": "South Carolina's 4th congressional district, located in the Upstate region, has a population of approximately 765,409. It is a safe Republican seat (Cook PVI R+23) with a median household income of $72,664 and an unemployment rate of 4.4%. The district is predominantly White (65.6%), with significant Black (17.6%) and Hispanic (11.4%) populations. Key issues include economic development, healthcare access, and immigration. The district is home to major employers in manufacturing and healthcare, and has a strong evangelical Christian presence.",
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