Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T06:54:02.585Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74530)
Resolved official: Jodey C. Arrington (entity #11093)
Ingest result: 47 facts · 48 sources · 2 silences · 3 contradictions · 8 voting_records · 2 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": "Jodey C. Arrington", "bioguide_id": "A000375" },
"donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Arrington raised $10,215,883 in career campaign funds (2015-2024) from all sources, spending $8,138,609 with $2,077,273 cash on hand. His top contributing industry was Oil & Gas at $693,620, followed by Real Estate ($672,473), Crop Production & Basic Processing ($591,946), Health Professionals ($574,687), and Retired ($548,548).", "date_occurred": "2024-06-30", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038285&cycle=Career" }, { "fact_text": "Arrington's top career contributor is Berkshire Hathaway at $54,000 ($34,000 individuals, $20,000 PAC), followed by Covenant Health System ($53,800), Mansefeldt Investment ($51,800), Marathon Petroleum ($47,500), and American Bankers Assn ($47,250).", "date_occurred": "2024-06-30", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038285&cycle=Career" }, { "fact_text": "Cheniere Energy contributed $30,000 to Arrington's campaign through Grow the Majority JFC joint fundraising committee, per FEC records dated December 2023.", "date_occurred": "2023-12-21", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/joint-fundraising-committees/grow-the-majority-jfc/C00848356/recipients" }, { "fact_text": "Arrington's disclosed net worth ranged from $616,031 to $1,765,000 in 2018. Quiver Quantitative estimated his net worth at $833,000 as of September 2025, the 345th highest in Congress.", "date_occurred": "2025-09-24", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release%3A+Jodey+Arrington+Highlights+%24100+Billion+AI+Investment+Initiative+in+West+Texas" }, { "fact_text": "Arrington received $40,000 from the Grow the Majority JFC in a single December 2023 disbursement, alongside $30,000 from Cheniere Energy. His third-quarter 2025 FEC filing disclosed $228,500 in new fundraising.", "date_occurred": "2025-10-15", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release%3A+Jodey+Arrington+Hosts+Hearing+on+Rising+Health+Care+Costs" }, { "fact_text": "Arrington's campaign, Texans for Jodey Arrington, reported $2,645,754 in total payments for the 2024 cycle, per OpenSecrets vendor profile.", "date_occurred": "2024-11-25", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Texans+for+Jodey+Arrington" }, { "fact_text": "The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), AIPAC's nonprofit arm, sponsored Arrington's privately funded travel to Jerusalem, Israel in 2017, per ProPublica's privately funded travel database compiled from House Clerk travel disclosures.", "date_occurred": "2017-01-01", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/privately-funded-travel/representatives/412706" }, { "fact_text": "Arrington received an 'A' rating from Stand With Crypto based on 7 pro-crypto votes including the CLARITY Act, GENIUS Act, FIT21 Act, and H.J.Res. 25 to repeal IRS crypto broker rules.", "date_occurred": "2025-07-17", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.standwithcrypto.org/representative/jodey-arrington" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Berkshire Hathaway", "relationship_type": "top_donor", "description": "2015-2024 cycle: $54,000 total ($34,000 individuals, $20,000 PAC). Arrington's number-one career contributor.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038285&cycle=Career" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Marathon Petroleum", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2015-2024 cycle: $47,500 total ($2,500 individuals, $45,000 PAC). Among Arrington's top five career contributors.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038285&cycle=Career" } ] },
"silences": [ { "topic": "Impact of OBBBA Medicaid and SNAP cuts on TX-19 constituents", "expected_position": "As author of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a representative of a district with 16% poverty and tens of thousands of Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries, Arrington would be expected to explain how deep cuts to these programs are consistent with constituent well-being.", "window_start": "2025-05-20", "window_end": "2025-08-06", "evidence_summary": "Arrington was heavily active in this period — introducing H.R. 1 on May 20, 2025, participating in an RSC fireside chat with August Pfluger on August 6, 2025 touting the bill as 'a WIN for West Texas,' and issuing multiple statements on fiscal responsibility. Yet he never publicly addressed the CBO estimate that millions would lose health coverage, the Meals on Wheels director's warning that the cuts would 'deeply affect them,' or how his constituents would fare under the tightened SNAP work requirements. He framed the bill exclusively in terms of tax relief and fiscal discipline.", "primary_url": "https://rsc-pfluger.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx?ID=XBQV67H67RH6RJZBHZB3K5TIZA" }, { "topic": "Fiscal commission as vehicle for Social Security and Medicare cuts", "expected_position": "Arrington has championed a bipartisan fiscal commission to address the national debt, which critics call a 'death panel' for Social Security and Medicare. Given his 2016 comment that it takes 'courage' to cut Social Security and his district's median age of 33.7 — meaning younger workers are paying into programs whose benefits Arrington has endorsed cutting — constituents would expect clarity on his position.", "window_start": "2023-01-01", "window_end": "2024-03-07", "evidence_summary": "Arrington held multiple Budget Committee hearings on creating a fiscal commission in this period and was quoted by the Free Library endorsing an increase in the Medicare and Social Security eligibility age. During a March 2024 Budget Committee markup, Democrats proposed amendments to protect Social Security and Medicare; every Republican voted them down. Arrington has not directly addressed the 'death panel' characterization or explained how raising the eligibility age serves his working-class constituents.", "primary_url": "https://radiofree.asia/2024/03/07/republicans-vote-to-advance-budget-with-trump-arrington-death-panel-for-social-security/" } ],
"contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Arrington served as President of Scott Laboratories, a healthcare innovation company in Lubbock, and stated: 'I have seen first hand the dire need for access to quality care in rural America.' His official biography emphasizes his role in launching healthcare ventures.", "claim_date": "2016-10-20", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/jodey-arrington-welcomes-congressman-burgess-hosts-roundtable-on-rural-health/" }, { "claim_text": "Arrington authored the Limit, Save, Grow Act (H.R. 2811) in 2023 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) in 2025, both of which the AFL-CIO and CWA scorecards identify as imposing 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs.' The AFL-CIO's scorecard states Arrington voted for bills that would 'cut funding for critical services that hardworking taxpayers depend upon.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-03", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators/jodey-arrington" }, { "claim_text": "Arrington's official biography states he 'fights to ensure every American has the right to affordable and quality care' and his Ways and Means Committee seat 'ensures a voice for rural America will be heard' on Medicare and social services.", "claim_date": "2023-01-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://arrington.house.gov/healthcare" }, { "claim_text": "In March 2026, Arrington told Politico he wants to revisit proposals to reduce Medicaid spending in a second reconciliation bill, suggesting Medicaid cuts that didn't comply with Senate rules last year should be retooled. He said cutting safety-net programs through 'fraud prevention' is his priority.", "claim_date": "2026-03-10", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/10/congress/gop-reconciliation-jodey-arrington-fraud-00820597" }, { "claim_text": "Arrington is the co-chair of the Rural Health Care Task Force and has advocated for increased Medicare reimbursement rates to support rural hospitals in West Texas, including those in his district that serve communities where healthcare is the dominant industry (Health Professionals is his 4th-largest donor sector at $574,687).", "claim_date": "2025-01-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jodey-arrington-A000375/district" }, { "claim_text": "The Meals on Wheels director in Abilene, TX-19, stated Arrington's proposed budget cuts 'would include cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and the social services block grant funds, with a possible elimination of Title 20 funds,' warning the cuts would 'deeply affect' the organization serving seniors in his district.", "claim_date": "2025-01-01", "claim_type": "disclosure", "source_url": "https://www.local.newsbreak.com/article/38327196658593" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Arrington built his pre-congressional career as a healthcare executive who championed rural healthcare access, yet authored and voted for the two largest pieces of legislation imposing Medicaid cuts in a generation — the Limit, Save, Grow Act (2023) and OBBBA (2025). The AFL-CIO scorecard documents that his votes would cut funding for services low-income working families depend on." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "same_source_inconsistency", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Both quotes come from the same secondary source (Arrington's official house.gov page). He claims to fight for affordable care while simultaneously telling Politico he wants to pursue additional Medicaid spending reductions beyond those already enacted in OBBBA. The Politico article is a separate outlet documenting the contradiction in his public record." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Arrington co-chairs the Rural Health Care Task Force and advocates for rural hospital Medicare reimbursement, yet the Abilene Meals on Wheels director stated his proposed budget would cut Medicaid, SNAP, and social services block grants. Rural hospitals in TX-19 depend heavily on Medicaid reimbursements, and the cuts Arrington champions threaten the same providers he claims to support." } ] },
"telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R.1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Trump tax cuts and spending reconciliation with estimated $880 billion in Medicaid cuts", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1", "why_it_matters": "Arrington authored and floor-managed H.R. 1, the largest budget reconciliation bill in U.S. history. The CBO projected it would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cause millions to lose health coverage through Medicaid work requirements and spending reductions. TX-19 has a 16% poverty rate and healthcare as a dominant industry. Arrington was the legislation's primary architect — the single most consequential vote of his career.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.2811", "title": "Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 — debt ceiling package with $144 billion in domestic spending cuts", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2023-04-26", "roll_call_url": "https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h199", "why_it_matters": "Arrington authored this bill that the AFL-CIO warned would slash domestic spending by up to 22%, jeopardizing Medicaid for 10 million low-income Americans and cutting food assistance for millions. The bill imposed work requirements on safety-net programs serving his own high-poverty district (16%). It passed 217-215, making Arrington's authorship pivotal.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.1628", "title": "American Health Care Act — ACA repeal and replacement", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2017-05-04", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628", "why_it_matters": "Arrington voted for the AHCA, which the CBO estimated would leave 24 million more Americans uninsured. A local Democratic response noted the vote 'eliminated healthcare for 18,000+ people in his district.' TX-19 has a 16% poverty rate and an estimated uninsured rate above 11%, making healthcare coverage a critical constituent concern.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 — $26 billion in military aid to Israel", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8034", "why_it_matters": "Arrington voted for $26 billion in Israel military aid. He traveled to Israel on AIPAC's AIEF-sponsored trip in 2017 and has consistently affirmed unconditional support for Israel. While no single donor interest dominates, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors — his top two donors — have no direct stake in Israel policy. This vote reflects Arrington's broader foreign policy alignment with Republican consensus and evangelical pro-Israel sentiment prevalent in West Texas.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res.14", "title": "House Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution — framework for mandatory spending cuts", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2024-03-07", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/14", "why_it_matters": "As Budget Committee chairman, Arrington shepherded this resolution through committee and floor passage. Democrats offered amendments to protect Social Security and Medicare; all were voted down. Critics labeled the fiscal commission mechanism a 'death panel' for entitlements. The resolution laid the procedural groundwork for OBBBA, which Arrington would author the following year.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.J.Res.25", "title": "Resolution to repeal IRS crypto broker reporting rule", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2025-03-11", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/25", "why_it_matters": "Arrington joined Republicans and crypto-aligned Democrats to roll back IRS tax reporting requirements on digital asset transactions. Stand With Crypto gave him an 'A' rating based on seven pro-crypto votes. This aligns with the broader GOP deregulatory posture rather than a specific donor interest — Oil & Gas, not crypto, dominates his contributor base.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.J.Res.11", "title": "Objection to Arizona Presidential Electoral College Results — Joint Session Certification", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2021-01-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-joint-resolution/11", "why_it_matters": "Arrington was one of 147 Republicans who voted to object to Arizona's certified electoral votes hours after the Capitol riot. This vote placed him in the company of election objectors and is a defining marker of his alignment with Trump's election denial claims, which continue to divide his party and the country.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R.4763", "title": "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) — crypto regulatory framework", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2024-05-22", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4763", "why_it_matters": "Arrington voted with 208 Republicans and 71 Democrats to establish a new regulatory framework for digital assets that critics said would weaken SEC investor protections. This was one of seven pro-crypto votes that earned him an 'A' rating from Stand With Crypto, though crypto is not a dominant donor sector for him.", "category": "donor_aligned" } ],
"constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Texas's 19th Congressional District spans a vast swath of West Texas from Lubbock south to Abilene and surrounding rural counties, encompassing approximately 773,548 residents. The district is the food, fuel, and fiber capital of America — anchored by cotton farming, oil and gas production, and wind energy. It has a median household income of $63,608, well above the national median but below the Texas suburban average. The poverty rate is 16%, homeownership stands at 62.6%, and only 25.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The population is 50.2% White (non-Hispanic), 39.1% Hispanic, with 24.6% speaking a language other than English at home. Major economic drivers include agriculture (cotton, cattle), energy (oil, gas, wind), healthcare, higher education (Texas Tech University in Lubbock), and defense (Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene). The district has a Cook PVI of R+26 and is one of the most reliably Republican districts in Texas. Arrington has held the seat since 2017 and announced his retirement in November 2025.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Texas Tech University", "employees": 11000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "name": "Dyess Air Force Base", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://arrington.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4205" }, { "name": "Covenant Health System (Lubbock)", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "name": "United Supermarkets / Market Street", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "name": "Hendrick Health System (Abilene)", "employees": 3000, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62 (Health Care and Social Assistance)", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "naics": "44-45 (Retail Trade)", "share": 0.13, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "naics": "61 (Educational Services)", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "naics": "31-33 (Manufacturing)", "share": 0.08, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "naics": "11 (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting)", "share": 0.06, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Texas Proposition 4 — Property Tax Relief (2023)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "83%-17%", "source_url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/07/texas-constitutional-amendments-2023-results/" }, { "name": "Texas Proposition 9 — Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Teacher Retirees (2023)", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "84%-16%", "source_url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/07/texas-constitutional-amendments-2023-results/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median Household Income", "value": "$63,608", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Poverty Rate", "value": "16.0%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Homeownership Rate", "value": "62.6%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Bachelor's Degree or Higher", "value": "25.3%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jodey-arrington-A000375/district" }, { "label": "Median Age", "value": "33.7", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jodey-arrington-A000375/district" }, { "label": "White (Non-Hispanic) Share", "value": "50.2%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Hispanic Population Share", "value": "39.1%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Foreign-Born Population", "value": "8.08%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Non-English Language at Home", "value": "24.6%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Unemployment Rate", "value": "4.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jodey-arrington-A000375/district" }, { "label": "Median Property Value", "value": "$172,700", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" }, { "label": "Citizenship Rate", "value": "94.7%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-tx" } ] } } }