Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T01:26:27.147Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74229)
Resolved official: James E. Risch (entity #10734)
Ingest result: 26 facts · 27 sources · 2 silences · 1 contradictions · 7 voting_records · 4 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": "James E. Risch", "bioguide_id": "R000584" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Risch's campaign committee raised $10,371,996 in the 2007–2024 election cycle, with top industries being Leadership PACs ($733,526), Securities & Investment ($420,987), Retired ($411,929), Oil & Gas ($379,554), and Republican/Conservative ($314,903).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029441&cycle=CAREER&type=C" }, { "fact_text": "Risch's top career contributor is Sinclair Companies at $60,800, followed by Micron Technology ($44,510), Idaho Power ($40,599), PotlatchDeltic Corp ($39,500), and General Atomics ($36,100).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029441&cycle=CAREER&type=C" }, { "fact_text": "For the 2026 cycle, Risch has raised $2,247,134, including $558,000 from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC — his largest single PAC contributor — and $344,640 from NORPAC.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/R000584" }, { "fact_text": "AIPAC-related contributions to Risch over his career total approximately $255,787, according to Track AIPAC. Middle East Monitor reported Risch has received approximately $255,787 from AIPAC.", "date_occurred": "2025-04-04", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250404-paid-to-protect-aipac-funded-israel-first-us-politicians-warn-un-against-investigating-tel-aviv/" }, { "fact_text": "According to his 2023 financial disclosure, Risch's net worth is between $19.18 million and $88.3 million. Quiver Quantitative estimates his net worth at $56.5 million as of November 2025, placing him as the 28th wealthiest member of Congress. His wealth derives from his trial law practice, farmland, ranchland, and mutual fund investments.", "date_occurred": "2024-06-12", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://finbold.com/guide/jim-risch-net-worth/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2026 cycle: $558,000 PAC contribution. Career total approximately $255,787 per Middle East Monitor. Risch's single largest PAC contributor. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has sponsored the Stand with Israel Act and other AIPAC-backed legislation.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/R000584" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Micron Technology", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "Career (2007–2024): $44,510 total ($13,510 individual + $31,000 PAC). Major Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029441&cycle=CAREER&type=C" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Idaho Power", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "Career (2007–2024): $40,599 total ($5,600 individual + $34,999 PAC). Idaho's primary electric utility.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029441&cycle=CAREER&type=C" }, { "donor_entity_name": "General Atomics", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "Career (2007–2024): $36,100 total ($26,100 individual + $10,000 PAC). Defense contractor.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029441&cycle=CAREER&type=C" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "In-person public town hall meetings with constituents", "expected_position": "As the senior U.S. Senator from Idaho and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Risch would be expected to periodically hold open public town halls to hear directly from constituents across Idaho.", "window_start": "2017-01-20", "window_end": "2026-04-01", "evidence_summary": "Risch has not held an in-person town hall since Trump was elected in 2016, according to multiple news sources. Organizers in Pocatello, Lewiston, and Boise have held 'empty chair' town halls where Risch declined to participate. Constituents created 'missing politician' posters circulating on social media. During this period, Risch was active in Washington, chaired hearings, gave floor speeches, and appeared at GOP fundraisers, but declined public forums. His office limited a March 2025 meeting with constituents to 10 people for 20 minutes, with attendees reporting staff 'just going through the motions.'", "primary_url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/have-you-seen-this-politician-public-seeks-town-halls-with-idahos-missing-federal-delegates/" }, { "topic": "Trump's shift away from supporting Ukraine, including Trump falsely accusing Ukraine of starting the war and calling Zelensky a 'dictator'", "expected_position": "As Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a longtime vocal supporter of Ukraine who called Putin's invasion 'murderous aggression' and co-sponsored the REPO Act to seize Russian assets, Risch would be expected to publicly defend Ukraine and correct Trump's false statements.", "window_start": "2025-02-18", "window_end": "2025-05-01", "evidence_summary": "Risch was publicly active on foreign policy during this period — chairing hearings and speaking at the Munich Security Conference — but fell silent after Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war and called Zelensky a 'dictator.' The Idaho Statesman editorialized on February 21, 2025: 'Risch has long supported Ukraine. Silence on Trump's betrayal is abetting its fall.' By May 2025, local media noted Risch had blocked Democratic resolutions supporting Ukraine, a reversal of his prior posture.", "primary_url": "https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/editorials/article300669159.html" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Risch was a persistent, full-throated supporter of Ukraine throughout the Biden administration. In February 2024, he wrote: 'We have kept the commitment to Ukraine that we made in 1994 when we convinced it to give up its nuclear weapons... we need a plan of action that will bring the war in Ukraine to a decisive end and deny Russia a victory. If we do not, we will only invite more aggressors.' He co-sponsored the REPO Act to seize Russian assets for Ukraine and was rated an 'A' by GOP for Ukraine.", "claim_date": "2024-02-24", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/editorials/article300669159.html" }, { "claim_text": "In February 2025, Risch went silent when Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia and called Zelensky a 'dictator.' By March 2025, Risch blocked Democratic resolutions in the Senate supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia. The Idaho Statesman editorial board wrote: 'Risch has long supported Ukraine. Silence on Trump's betrayal is abetting its fall.' A constituent opinion piece titled 'History will stand in judgment. Will Risch stand up for Ukraine or bow to Trump?' noted: 'These days, Risch opposes simple resolutions calling on Putin to cease and desist.'", "claim_date": "2025-03-16", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/history-stand-judgment-risch-stand-100001332.html" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Risch spent years as one of the Senate's most outspoken Republican advocates for Ukraine, citing America's 1994 security commitments and calling Putin's invasion 'murderous aggression.' Within weeks of Trump's 2025 inauguration, Risch fell silent amid Trump's pro-Russia pivot, then actively blocked Senate resolutions supporting Ukraine — a complete reversal on the same policy question (U.S. support for Ukraine against Russian aggression) affecting the same population and invoking the same 1994 Budapest Memorandum commitments." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "S.J.Res.38", "title": "War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-03-05", "roll_call_url": "https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/6efb7356c610", "why_it_matters": "As Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Risch led the Republican floor opposition, calling Democrats' effort 'trying to use the process of the United States Senate to stop our commander-in-chief.' His top donors include defense contractors General Atomics ($36,100). The resolution failed 47-53 with only Sen. Rand Paul joining all Democrats. Risch received approximately $558,000 from AIPAC in the 2026 cycle, and the Iran strikes were conducted jointly with Israel.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.815", "title": "National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($95.3 billion including $60.8 billion for Ukraine, $14.1 billion for Israel, and $9.2 billion for Gaza humanitarian aid)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-02-12", "roll_call_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/us/politics/ukraine-aid-senate-republicans.html", "why_it_matters": "Risch was one of only 22 Senate Republicans to back Ukraine aid, bucking a majority of his party and Trump. He issued a joint statement with Sen. Crapo citing 'responsibility' to allies. The vote put him at odds with the growing isolationist wing of the GOP, risking primary blowback in deep-red Idaho.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (extending 2017 tax cuts, cutting $1.6 trillion in federal spending including $900 billion from Medicaid and $267 billion from SNAP over 10 years)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-01", "roll_call_url": "https://gemstatechronicle.com/2025/07/release-risch-statement-on-the-senate-passage-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/", "why_it_matters": "Risch voted for the bill that passed 51-50 with VP Vance casting the tiebreaker. He praised it as 'the largest tax cut in history' for 'working Idahoans.' However, independent analyses projected $4.3 billion in lost federal funding for Idaho Medicaid and cuts affecting Idaho's 130,000+ SNAP recipients. Idaho has a 10.5% poverty rate and a median household income of $77,800. An Idaho constituent opinion piece pleaded: 'Sen. Risch, please don't strip away programs for less fortunate.'", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "S.5", "title": "Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-20", "roll_call_url": "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-statement-on-senate-passage-of-laken-riley-act", "why_it_matters": "Risch voted with the 64-35 majority. Idaho has only 5.87% foreign-born residents — among the lowest in the U.S. — meaning the bill carried minimal direct constituency cost while reinforcing his tough-on-immigration brand in a state Trump won with over 60% of the vote.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.3746", "title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension with SNAP work requirements and spending caps)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2023-06-01", "roll_call_url": "https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/6/risch-rejects-debt-ceiling-increase", "why_it_matters": "Risch voted against the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, stating 'Idahoans live within their means... the federal government should do the same.' The bill passed 63-36. His vote aligned with fiscal conservatives who opposed any debt ceiling increase, but would have risked a catastrophic default that could have devastated Idaho's economy.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "S.XXX", "title": "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC sanctions bill)", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2025-01-28", "roll_call_url": "https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/senate-democrats-squash-gop-led-icc-sanctions-bill/", "why_it_matters": "Risch co-sponsored this bill to impose visa bans and financial sanctions on ICC officials over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Senate Democrats blocked its passage. Risch called the ICC warrants a 'complete disgrace.' AIPAC is his largest PAC contributor at $558,000 for the 2026 cycle, and the bill was a top AIPAC legislative priority.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.XXXX", "title": "Extension of Enhanced ACA Premium Tax Credits (preventing health care cost increases for 100,605 Idahoans)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-12-11", "roll_call_url": "https://idahodems.org/senators-mike-crapo-and-jim-risch-vote-against-preventing-idahoans-health-care-costs-from-doubling/", "why_it_matters": "Risch voted against extending the enhanced ACA tax credits that 100,605 Idahoans rely on. The Idaho Democratic Party stated his vote would cause health care costs to double for these constituents. Idaho has a 10.5% poverty rate, and 8.3% of Idahoans lacked health insurance in 2023.", "category": "against_constituent" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Idaho is a predominantly rural, western state with a population of approximately 1.93 million. It is overwhelmingly White (78.5% non-Hispanic) with a growing Hispanic population (13.5%). The median age is 37.3, median household income is $77,800, and poverty is 10.5%. Homeownership is 72.1% with a median property value of $418,600. Only 5.87% of residents are foreign-born. Idaho is a deep-red state (Trump won with over 60% in 2024), and Risch has held his Senate seat since 2009, last winning reelection in 2020. The state's largest industries include agriculture, manufacturing, technology, and outdoor recreation. Key employers include Micron Technology, St. Luke's Health System, and the Idaho National Laboratory. Risch chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sits on Energy & Natural Resources, Intelligence, and Ethics committees.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "St. Luke's Health System", "employees": 16000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "name": "Micron Technology", "employees": 6000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "name": "Idaho National Laboratory", "employees": 5400, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.145, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.121, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "naics": "31-33", "share": 0.095, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "2024 Idaho Proposition 1 — Open Primaries and Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative", "year": 2024, "result": "failed", "margin": "69%–31%", "source_url": "https://www.sos.idaho.gov/elections/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$77,800", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "10.5%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "72.1%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" }, { "label": "Foreign-born population", "value": "5.87%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho" } ] } } }