Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T08:37:57.075Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74742)
Resolved official: Joseph D. Morelle (entity #11086)
Ingest result: 30 facts · 28 sources · 1 connections · 2 contradictions · 5 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": "Joseph D. Morelle", "bioguide_id": "M001206" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle: Raised $1,609,673. PAC contributions comprised 54.36% ($875,003), other/transfers 26.11% ($420,350), large individual contributions 16.58% ($266,968), and small individual contributions only 2.94% ($47,353). Zero candidate self-financing.", "date_occurred": "2024-06-30", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/joseph-d-morelle/summary?cid=N00043207" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing industry: Pro-Israel at $84,260. Top career contributor: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte (AIPAC) at $92,270 ($82,270 from individuals, $10,000 from PAC). AIPAC routed $102,705 in total payments through 120 transactions in the 2024 cycle via the JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS committee.", "date_occurred": "2024-09-30", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=JOE+MORELLE+FOR+CONGRESS" }, { "fact_text": "Other top contributors include L3Harris Technologies ($34,431 — a major defense contractor with Rochester operations), University of Rochester ($28,553), Constellation Brands ($21,600), and numerous trade unions and PACs including AFSCME, AFT, Teamsters, and SEIU at $10,000 each.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043207" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Morelle's net worth at approximately $603,600 as of August 2025, the 347th highest in Congress. He has approximately $34,100 invested in publicly traded assets. 2018 OpenSecrets disclosure ranged from $98,024 to $473,000.", "date_occurred": "2025-08-11", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Representative+Joseph+D.+Morelle+has+filed+a+new+financial+disclosure+-+here%E2%80%99s+what+we+see" }, { "fact_text": "Morelle served in the New York State Assembly from 1991 to 2018, rising to Assembly Majority Leader. He won his congressional seat in 2018, succeeding longtime Rep. Louise Slaughter. He previously co-owned an insurance brokerage and was a Monroe County legislator. He previously ran an insurance agency.", "date_occurred": "1991-01-01", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://morelle.house.gov/about" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2024: $92,270 via individual ($82,270) and PAC ($10,000) contributions. AIPAC is Morelle's single largest contributor. Morelle serves on the Armed Services Committee and has been a consistent supporter of military aid to Israel.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=JOE+MORELLE+FOR+CONGRESS" }, { "donor_entity_name": "L3Harris Technologies", "relationship_type": "donor", "description": "2024: $34,431 via individual ($24,431) and PAC ($10,000) contributions. L3Harris has significant operations in Rochester, NY, within Morelle's district, manufacturing communication and defense systems.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043207" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024: $10,000 via PAC contributions. AFSCME endorsed Morelle in his 2024 re-election bid.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043207" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Federation of Teachers", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024: $10,000 via PAC contributions", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043207" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Service Employees International Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024: $10,000 via individual ($5,000) and PAC ($5,000) contributions. SEIU 1199 healthcare workers protested Rep. Claudia Tenney's office ahead of the OBBBA vote.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00043207" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "No falsifiable silence with the required active-on-adjacent evidence URL could be identified within the specified parameters for this official." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Morelle voted 'no' on the Laken Riley Act in March 2024, opposing mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes. The bill was criticized by civil rights groups who warned it would jail people on mere accusations and erase due process protections for DACA recipients.", "claim_date": "2024-03-07", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5072320-these-democrats-flipped-their-votes-on-the-laken-riley-act/" }, { "claim_text": "Morelle was one of only seven Democratic representatives to flip his vote, voting 'yes' on the Laken Riley Act on January 7, 2025. He was one of 48 Democrats to join all 216 voting Republicans in passing the bill, which became the first bill signed into law during Trump's second term.", "claim_date": "2025-01-07", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5072320-these-democrats-flipped-their-votes-on-the-laken-riley-act/" }, { "claim_text": "In January 2026, Morelle voted 'NO' on Department of Homeland Security funding, issuing a forceful statement calling ICE actions 'heartbreaking and unacceptable.' He wrote to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem demanding accountability and stated 'we cannot enable a targeted campaign of fear and intimidation in our country.'", "claim_date": "2026-01-26", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://morelle.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congressman-joe-morelle-deadly-ice-actions-and-dhs-funding" }, { "claim_text": "Morelle has been a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel alliance, backed by AIPAC as his top donor ($92,270 in 2024 alone). Pro-Israel America praised him for supporting resolutions combating BDS and urging opposition to ICC investigations into Israel. A University of Rochester Facebook post notes he has 'repeatedly voted to fund the war machine and support Israel.'", "claim_date": "2024-03-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://proisraelamerica.org/elected-official/joe-morelle/" }, { "claim_text": "In September 2025 at a Rochester town hall, Morelle expressed support for a two-state solution and stated he does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Local activists continue to protest his AIPAC funding and his votes on Israel-related legislation.", "claim_date": "2025-09-25", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://13wham.com/news/local/morelle-hosts-town-hall-for-constituents" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Morelle voted against mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants in March 2024, then flipped to support the exact same legislation in January 2025 — one of only seven Democrats to reverse their position. Just one year later, he voted against DHS funding and denounced ICE as 'heartbreaking and unacceptable.' The back-and-forth trajectory — oppose, support, then denounce — places him on all three sides of the same immigration enforcement question within a two-year span." }, { "claim_a_idx": 3, "claim_b_idx": 4, "type": "same_source_inconsistency", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Morelle's top donor is AIPAC ($92,270 in 2024) and he has voted consistently for Israel security supplemental aid, yet he told constituents at a September 2025 town hall that he supports a two-state solution and does not support Netanyahu. His AIPAC-backed voting record is in tension with the more measured Israel stance he presents at home." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House passage of Senate amendment", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/public-statement/1693236/providing-for-consideration-of-senate-amendment-to-hr-one-big-beautiful-bill-act", "why_it_matters": "Morelle delivered a floor speech calling the OBBBA the 'greatest shift of resources and wealth from the poorest Americans to the wealthiest' and 'a reverse Robin Hood.' He highlighted that it would strip health insurance from 1.5 million New Yorkers, eliminate food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, and explode the deficit by $3.3 trillion. Only 2 Republicans voted nay. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned: his district has 8.9% poverty and thousands on Medicaid and SNAP. His SEIU 1199 healthcare union constituents picketed ahead of the vote.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5072320-these-democrats-flipped-their-votes-on-the-laken-riley-act/", "why_it_matters": "Morelle was one of only seven House Democrats who flipped from 'nay' in March 2024 to 'yea' in January 2025 on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes. The flip made him one of 48 Democrats to support the bill in the 119th Congress. His subsequent reversal — voting against DHS funding a year later and calling ICE 'heartbreaking and unacceptable' — makes this vote a significant pivot point in his immigration trajectory.", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-02-06", "roll_call_url": "https://data.goerie.com/roll-call/israel-security-supplemental-appropriations-act/2024-house-37/", "why_it_matters": "Morelle voted nay on the standalone Israel aid bill that failed under suspension of rules in February 2024 — joining 166 Democrats who preferred a comprehensive package including Ukraine and humanitarian aid. He subsequently voted yea on the full $95 billion national security supplemental (H.R. 8034) on April 20, 2024 that included $26 billion in Israel aid. AIPAC, his top donor at $92,270, supported both bills. The vote pattern shows a Democratic institutionalist approach: vote no on the partisan bill, yes on the comprehensive package.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res. 189", "title": "Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.theroot.com/the-house-voted-to-censure-rep-al-green-and-these-10-dem-1851768931", "why_it_matters": "Morelle voted with 198 Democrats against censuring Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's address to Congress. Only 10 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to censure Green. Morelle's nay vote aligned him with the overwhelming majority of his party and the Congressional Progressive Caucus position — consistent with his role as a senior Democrat and Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8404", "title": "Respect for Marriage Act (December 2022 final passage)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2022-12-08", "roll_call_url": "https://morelle.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-joe-morelle-acts-protect-marriage-equality", "why_it_matters": "Morelle voted yea on both the July 2022 initial House passage and the December 2022 final version of the Respect for Marriage Act, codifying same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law. He issued press releases for both votes emphasizing his commitment to protecting marriage equality from Supreme Court rollback. The votes are constituent-aligned: his district is 41.9% college-educated with strong LGBTQ+ support. 39 Republicans joined all Democrats in December.", "category": "constituent_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New York's 25th Congressional District encompasses all of Monroe County and a portion of Orleans County, centered on the city of Rochester. The district serves approximately 771,484 constituents with a median household income of $76,853 — well above the $37,585 national median. The population is 70.1% White, 13.9% Black, with a median age of 39.7. The poverty rate is 8.9% (below the national average), homeownership is 64%, and 41.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — significantly above the national average. The economy is anchored in healthcare (University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester Regional Health), higher education (University of Rochester, RIT), advanced manufacturing and optics (L3Harris Technologies), and food and beverage processing (Constellation Brands). The district has a Cook PVI of D+22 and is safely Democratic; Morelle won the 2024 election with more than 60% of the vote.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "University of Rochester / UR Medicine (Strong Memorial Hospital)", "employees": 33000, "source_url": "https://www.rochester.edu/about/impact/" }, { "name": "Rochester Regional Health", "employees": 17000, "source_url": "https://www.rochesterregional.org/about" }, { "name": "L3Harris Technologies (Rochester operations)", "employees": 4000, "source_url": "https://www.l3harris.com" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.18, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-25-ny" }, { "naics": "61", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-25-ny" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.11, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-25-ny" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "New York Public Question 1 — Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment", "year": 2023, "result": "passed", "margin": "62%-38%", "source_url": "https://www.elections.ny.gov/2023StatewideGeneralElection.html" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "median household income", "value": "$76,853", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "8.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "64.0%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "41.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "39.7", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "Black population share", "value": "13.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "D+22", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/joe-morelle-M001206/district" } ] } } }