Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T01:01:48.947Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74148)
Resolved official: Jahana Hayes (entity #11082)
Ingest result: 29 facts · 28 sources · 3 contradictions · 7 voting_records · 3 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.
{ "target_official": { "name": "Jahana Hayes", "bioguide_id": "H001081" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Hayes' campaign committee raised $4,048,084 in the 2023–2024 election cycle, with 57.07% from large individual contributions, 23.33% from PACs, and 16.24% from small individual donors. She raised $910,655.30 in the 2025 calendar year.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8CT05245/" }, { "fact_text": "Top industries contributing to Hayes' 2023–2024 campaign were Retired ($464,518), Leadership PACs ($289,316), Securities & Investment ($279,214), Women's Issues ($184,670), and Lawyers/Law Firms ($166,016).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jahana-hayes/summary?cid=N00043421" }, { "fact_text": "Hayes' 2018 net worth was reported between -$299,999 and $84,997. Quiver Quantitative estimates her net worth at approximately $175,000 as of April 2026, placing her 448th in Congress.", "date_occurred": "2026-04-30", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Hayes+Opposes+House+Passage+of+Farm+Bill,+Citing+Negative+Impact+on+Families+and+Farmers" }, { "fact_text": "Pro-Israel interests contributed $30,725 to Hayes in the 2023–2024 cycle ($27,225 individual + $3,500 PAC). JStreetPAC was her second-largest contributor at $49,570.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jahana-hayes/industries?cid=N00043421&cycle=2024" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "EMILY's List", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $129,267 total ($119,267 individual + $10,000 PAC). Single largest contributor. Supports pro-choice Democratic women.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jahana-hayes/summary?cid=N00043421" }, { "donor_entity_name": "JStreetPAC", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $49,570 total ($46,070 individual + $3,500 PAC). Second-largest contributor. Pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy PAC.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jahana-hayes/summary?cid=N00043421" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Service Employees International Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $15,000 total ($5,000 individual + $10,000 PAC).", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jahana-hayes/summary?cid=N00043421" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "No falsifiable silence identified; Hayes maintains an active public presence via press releases, town halls, and floor votes on all major district-relevant and committee-relevant topics." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Hayes voted for the Laken Riley Act (S.5) on January 22, 2025, joining 45 other House Democrats and all Republicans. She said she was swayed by a provision protecting police officers.", "claim_date": "2025-01-22", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523" }, { "claim_text": "During an April 2025 CNN town hall, Hayes said of her Laken Riley Act vote: 'As I've thought about it over the last couple of months, I probably would have voted differently. It's a vote that I regret.' She said the Trump administration was 'terrorizing' legal immigrants and she 'trusted that (the Trump) administration wanted to work with Democrats.'", "claim_date": "2025-04-11", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/04/11/2315947/-Another-Democrat-admits-she-screwed-up-by-supporting-Trump%E2%80%99s-agenda" }, { "claim_text": "Hayes voted yea on H.R. 9495, the 'Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,' during its first House vote under suspension of rules. She was the only Connecticut delegation member to vote in favor.", "claim_date": "2024-11-14", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-jahana-hayes-vote-non-profit-terrorism-bill-19931917.php" }, { "claim_text": "When H.R. 9495 returned for a second vote needing only a bare majority, Hayes switched to vote against it, citing 'extensive constituent outreach and communications' and concerns about due process for nonprofits.", "claim_date": "2024-11-21", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-jahana-hayes-vote-non-profit-terrorism-bill-19931917.php" }, { "claim_text": "Hayes voted against H.R. 6126, a standalone $14.3 billion Israel military aid package, stating she could not 'in good conscience support a supplemental package that does not acknowledge the innocent civilians in Gaza.'", "claim_date": "2023-11-02", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://hayes.house.gov/2023/11/statement-regarding-my-vote-on-the-israel-supplemental-appropriationsact" }, { "claim_text": "Hayes voted for H.R. 8034, the $26 billion Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act that included humanitarian aid and missile defense funding, joining the 366-58 majority.", "claim_date": "2024-04-20", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://par-newhaven.org/both-hayes-and-delauro-go-back-on-pocan-letter-and-vote-billions-for-israeli-military/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Hayes voted for the Laken Riley Act in January 2025, then publicly disavowed her vote three months later at a CNN town hall, saying she 'regrets' it and 'probably would have voted differently.' She attributed her initial support to trusting the Trump administration would work with Democrats — a premise she now says was mistaken." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "reversal", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Hayes voted for H.R. 9495 (the 'nonprofit killer' bill) on its first vote, then switched to oppose it on the second vote one week later. She attributed the reversal to 'extensive constituent outreach' and concerns about due process for nonprofits that could be targeted under the law." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Hayes voted against a standalone Israel military aid bill in November 2023 citing lack of humanitarian provisions, but voted for the broader $26 billion Israel supplemental five months later that included both military and humanitarian components. The shift reflects navigating between progressive constituent pressure for a ceasefire and traditional pro-Israel Democratic positioning." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R.6126", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($14.3 billion standalone military aid to Israel with offsetting IRS cuts)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2023-11-02", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023577", "why_it_matters": "Hayes was one of 194 Democrats who opposed the standalone Israel aid bill that conditioned emergency aid for the first time. She cited the absence of humanitarian aid for Gaza. Only 12 Democrats joined Republicans in support. Her CT-05 district had vocal progressive constituencies demanding a ceasefire.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion comprehensive military and humanitarian aid to Israel)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152", "why_it_matters": "Hayes voted for the comprehensive Israel aid package just five months after opposing the standalone bill. Her top contributors include JStreetPAC ($49,570) and Pro-Israel interests ($30,725). The 366-58 vote reflected a shift from her earlier stance, generating criticism from anti-war constituents who had praised her November 2023 nay vote.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res.845", "title": "Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for comments on the Israel-Hamas war", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2023-11-07", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023622", "why_it_matters": "Hayes voted with 184 of 206 voting Democrats against censuring Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress. Only 22 Democrats joined Republicans. Her vote aligned with progressive and civil-liberties-oriented constituents in her D+4 district.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "S.5", "title": "Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-22", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523", "why_it_matters": "Hayes joined 45 other Democrats and all Republicans to pass this immigration enforcement bill. She later publicly regretted the vote, telling CNN she 'trusted that (the Trump) administration wanted to work with Democrats.' Her district is 21.2% Hispanic, making immigration enforcement a high-salience constituent concern. Hayes called her vote a mistake months later.", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.3746", "title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling deal with SNAP work requirements and discretionary spending caps)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2023-05-31", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023243", "why_it_matters": "Hayes broke with Democratic leadership and 165 Democratic colleagues to vote against the debt ceiling agreement, citing new SNAP work requirements. She stated: 'I cannot in good conscience support a legislative package that rips food out of the mouths of our most vulnerable.' As Ranking Member of the Nutrition Subcommittee, food security is her signature issue.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump reconciliation package — $900 billion in Medicaid cuts, $200 billion in SNAP cuts, extending 2017 tax cuts)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll190.xml", "why_it_matters": "Hayes called this 'the most destructive legislation I had witnessed in my tenure.' She detailed that 210,395 of her constituents rely on Medicaid/HuskyHealth and at least 34,000 could lose food assistance. Every Democrat opposed the bill, which passed 218-214. The AFL-CIO scored this as a key vote for working families.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res.40", "title": "War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Iran", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-04-16", "roll_call_url": "https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5E457220-3394-497A-B849-B4DD0BD4478E", "why_it_matters": "Hayes voted to constrain Trump's military operations in Iran, stating 'President Trump has failed to clearly articulate a reason for going to war.' She cited 13 U.S. service member deaths and Pentagon spending of $2 billion per day. The resolution failed 213-214. Her district's progressive leanings (D+4) favored congressional checks on presidential war powers.", "category": "constituent_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Connecticut's 5th Congressional District spans northwest and central Connecticut, including Danbury, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, and Waterbury. It is a D+4 district (Cook PVI) with a population of approximately 728,000. The district is 64.8% White and 21.2% Hispanic, with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $91,081 — well above the national average. The poverty rate is 8%, homeownership is 67.6%, and 39.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The district is car-dependent (71% drive alone) with a median commute of 27.4 minutes. Immigration policy ranks as a key issue. Hayes, a former National Teacher of the Year, has held the seat since 2019 and serves as Ranking Member of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Health Care & Social Assistance (sector-wide)", "employees": 46246, "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" }, { "name": "Educational Services (sector-wide)", "employees": 30500, "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" }, { "name": "Retail Trade (sector-wide)", "employees": 34772, "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.175, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-ct" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.132, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-ct" }, { "naics": "61", "share": 0.095, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-ct" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "2024 Connecticut Early Voting Constitutional Amendment", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "60%–40%", "source_url": "https://portal.ct.gov/sots/election-services/election-results" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$91,081", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "67.6%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "21.2%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jahana-hayes-H001081/district" } ] } } }