Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T02:10:59.148Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74268)
Resolved official: Jason Smith (entity #11140)
Ingest result: 27 facts · 26 sources · 1 contradictions · 5 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": "Jason Smith", "bioguide_id": "S001195" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Representative Jason Smith raised $17,023,541 from 2013 through 2024, with the top contributing industry being Securities & Investment at $1,125,518.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jason-smith/summary?cid=N00035282&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "His Q1 2025 FEC disclosure reported $1.0 million in new fundraising, with 28.5 percent from individual donors.", "date_occurred": "2025-04-15", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00541862/1828402/" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing industries over his career include Insurance ($968,874), Health Professionals ($875,533), and Real Estate ($788,380).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jason-smith/summary?cid=N00035282&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "His October 2024 quarterly FEC report showed $724,672 in net contributions for the period, with $525,767 from PACs and other political committees.", "date_occurred": "2024-10-15", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00541862/1828402/" }, { "fact_text": "The Pro-Israel industry has contributed $84,850 to Smith's campaigns over his career, making American Israel Public Affairs Cmte his fifth-largest organizational contributor.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jason-smith/summary?cid=N00035282&cycle=CAREER&type=I" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "National Assn of Realtors", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "Career contributions total $185,700 ($122,700 from individuals, $63,000 via PAC), the single largest organizational contributor.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jason-smith/summary?cid=N00035282&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "Career contributions total $84,850 ($64,850 from individuals, $20,000 via PAC), with $37,900 received during the 2022 cycle alone.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2022&vendor=Jason+Smith+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "KKR & Co", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "Career contributions total $89,045, nearly entirely from individuals.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jason-smith/summary?cid=N00035282&cycle=CAREER&type=I" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "Unable to identify a recent, falsifiable silence with verifiable adjacent-activity evidence. Smith maintains a highly active public communications presence through committee chairmanship, frequent cable news appearances, and regular press releases, leaving few identifiable policy gaps where he was clearly active on adjacent topics but conspicuously silent on a specific issue." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": ""And then you can look at Medicaid cuts" — Rep. Jason Smith on Fox News's The Will Cain Show discussing Republican budget priorities.", "claim_date": "2025-05-15", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-gop-rep-makes-embarrassing-freudian-slip-on-air/" }, { "claim_text": ""Uh, Medicaid reforms, I should say" — Smith immediately correcting himself during the same Fox News appearance. GOP leaders including President Trump have repeatedly stated they will not cut Medicaid.", "claim_date": "2025-05-15", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-congressman-slips-up-by-talking-about-medicaid-cuts-uh-medicaid-reforms-i-should-say/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "same_source_inconsistency", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Both quotes come from the same Fox News appearance. Smith said 'Medicaid cuts' then immediately corrected to 'Medicaid reforms.' While a self-correction rather than a contradiction between two independent statements, the slip inadvertently confirmed what GOP leadership has been denying: that their budget plan includes significant Medicaid reductions affecting the poorest congressional district in Missouri." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 3746", "title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling Deal)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2023-05-31", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023243", "why_it_matters": "Reversal: In 2013, Smith said 'I cannot support this legislation' on raising the debt limit and urged 'cut up the credit cards.' A decade later as Ways and Means Chairman, he voted YEA on the bipartisan debt-ceiling deal negotiated by Speaker McCarthy and President Biden. Prior vote: NAY on debt limit increase October 16, 2013 (source: https://jasonsmith.house.gov/2013/10/16/congressman-jason-smith-to-vote-against-debt-ceiling-hike/).", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 2811", "title": "Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2023-04-26", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023199", "why_it_matters": "Cross-pressure: Smith represents Missouri's poorest congressional district (median income $60,159, poverty rate 15.5 percent). The bill would slash domestic spending by $144 billion, risking Medicaid coverage for 10 million low-income Americans and eliminating food assistance for millions — while his district has heavy Medicaid reliance. Simultaneously, his top donor sectors (Securities & Investment, Insurance) benefit from reduced government spending and lower taxes. Constituent interests in social safety-net programs pulled against donor-aligned fiscal conservatism.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151", "why_it_matters": "Reversal: Smith voted in favor of Ukraine aid in 2022 (Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, 2022 Ukraine Supplemental) but voted NAY on the 2024 supplemental. The GOPforUkraine profile downgraded him to D- grade. Smith had previously stated 'Putin's aggression absolutely needs to be dealt with' but voted against the aid package supported by 311 members. Prior votes: YEA on S.3522 (2022-04-28) and H.R.7691 (2022-05-10).", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7217", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2024-02-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7217", "why_it_matters": "Donor-aligned: Smith joined all but 4 Republicans voting YEA on $17.6 billion in standalone Israel military aid. The vote aligned with his top-five career donor American Israel Public Affairs Cmte ($84,850 total). Smith also took an AIPAC-sponsored trip to Israel in 2015 and coauthored multiple pro-Israel resolutions in 2023.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 4346", "title": "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022", "vote": "nay_unverified", "vote_date": "2022-07-27", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346", "why_it_matters": "Against constituent interest: Smith's district employs 43,757 workers in manufacturing — the second-largest employment sector. The CHIPS Act invested $52 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing, promising manufacturing job growth. Smith voted NAY, opposing a bill that would directly benefit a core constituency industry. The AFL-CIO and CWA both supported the bill as a manufacturing and jobs measure.", "category": "against_constituent" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Missouri's 8th Congressional District encompasses 28 counties across rural Southeast and South Central Missouri, including the Bootheel region, Cape Girardeau, and Rolla. It is the poorest congressional district in Missouri and one of the poorest in the nation, with a median household income of $60,159, a poverty rate of 15.5 percent, and only 20.8 percent holding a bachelor's degree. The district is overwhelmingly White (87.8 percent) with a median age of 40.3 and 72.3 percent homeownership. The economy is anchored in healthcare and social assistance (57,230 workers), manufacturing (43,757), and retail trade (42,474). Agriculture, particularly rice, cotton, and soybeans, dominates the Bootheel. The seat is safely Republican (R+55).", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Health Care & Social Assistance", "employees": 57230, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "name": "Manufacturing", "employees": 43757, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "name": "Retail Trade", "employees": 42474, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.166, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "naics": "31-33", "share": 0.127, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.123, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Missouri Amendment 3 — Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "51.6% Yes — 48.4% No", "source_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-missouri-amendment-3.html" }, { "name": "Missouri Proposition A — Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "57.6% Yes — 42.4% No", "source_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-missouri-proposition-a.html" }, { "name": "Missouri Amendment 2 — Legalize Sports Betting (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "50.1% Yes — 49.9% No", "source_url": "https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/27/passage-of-missouri-sports-wagering-seems-assured-despite-narrow-margin/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "median household income", "value": "$60,159", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "15.5%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "20.8%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jason-smith-S001195/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "72.3%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "40.3", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-8-mo" } ] } } }