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Two views into the gap between PAC dollars in and votes out. Members ranks (member, industry) cells by how far the member's Yes-rate diverges from the median for their own party in the same chamber. Bills ranks bills by revealed-preference subterfuge — industries lobbying to pass the bill while not appearing in its stated subject tags.Methodology →

#MemberIndustryPAC $Yes / nParty Δ (95% CI)Chamber ΔConfidence
651Charles Schumer
D-NY · Senate
Transportation$50k73% (131)low-n party+8vs 65%Preliminary
652Chris Pappas
D-NH · House
Labor unions$139k86% (7)+0[-37, +11]+15vs 71%CI ∋ 0
653Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Financial services$200k54% (153)low-n party-7vs 61%Preliminary
654Andy Kim
D-NJ · Senate
Food & beverage$115k67% (9)+0[-32, +21]+0vs 67%CI ∋ 0
655Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Oil & gas$100k43% (205)low-n party-21vs 64%Preliminary
656Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Real estate$100k62% (39)low-n party-2vs 65%Preliminary
657Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Transportation$50k72% (90)low-n party+7vs 65%Preliminary
658Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Pharmaceutical$50k59% (124)low-n party+15vs 44%Preliminary
659Christopher Coons
D-DE · Senate
Telecom$50k69% (49)low-n party+3vs 66%Preliminary
660Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
D-NY · House
Labor unions$75k86% (7)+0[-37, +11]+15vs 71%CI ∋ 0
661Ami Bera
D-CA · House
Labor unions$100k86% (7)+0[-37, +11]+15vs 71%CI ∋ 0
662Angie Craig
D-MN · House
Hospitals & healthcare$50k50% (8)+0[-28, +29]-25vs 75%CI ∋ 0
663Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Auto$50k100% (6)+0[-39, +0]+0vs 100%CI ∋ 0
664Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Real estate$50k83% (6)+0[-39, +14]+0vs 83%CI ∋ 0
665Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Electric utilities$50k83% (40)+0[-15, +8]+3vs 80%CI ∋ 0
666Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Chemicals$50k100% (5)+0[-43, +0]+0vs 100%CI ∋ 0
667Ashley Hinson
R-IA · House
Hospitals & healthcare$100k75% (8)+0[-34, +18]+0vs 75%CI ∋ 0
668Ashley Hinson
R-IA · House
Agriculture$100k76% (17)+0[-23, +14]+0vs 76%CI ∋ 0
669Ashley Hinson
R-IA · House
Auto$100k100% (6)+0[-39, +0]+0vs 100%CI ∋ 0
670Ashley Hinson
R-IA · House
Transportation$100k88% (8)+0[-35, +10]+0vs 88%CI ∋ 0
671Ashley Hinson
R-IA · House
Electric utilities$50k83% (40)+0[-15, +8]+3vs 80%CI ∋ 0
672Andrew Garbarino
R-NY · House
Defense & aerospace$50k79% (43)+0[-14, +10]+2vs 77%CI ∋ 0
673Andrew Ogles
R-TN · House
Labor unions$90k43% (7)+0[-27, +32]-28vs 71%CI ∋ 0
674Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Agriculture$50k76% (17)+0[-23, +14]+0vs 76%CI ∋ 0
675Becca Balint
D-VT · House
Lawyers & lobbyists$80k59% (17)+0[-23, +19]-12vs 71%CI ∋ 0

Members tab — Party Δ (primary) = member's Yes% − party median Yes% on the same industry's bills (same chamber, same cycle), with Wilson 95% confidence bounds. Chamber Δ (secondary, dim) = member's Yes% − chamber median Yes%. Chamber Δ is partisan-biased when the chamber has a partisan majority; shown for context but ranking uses Party Δ.

Sorting: rows are ranked by the lower bound of |Party Δ| at 95% confidence — i.e. the minimum deviation we can claim given the sample size. When the confidence interval on Party Δ crosses zero, the row is marked CI ∋ 0: the direction of the deviation is not confidently signed and the row ranks below all cells with a confidently-signed deviation. This kills the small-sample noise floor that point-estimate ranking lets through.

Confidence column: CI ∋ 0 means direction not confidently signed (Wilson CI on the deviation crosses zero). Preliminary means the direction IS signed but the cell does not pass Benjamini-Hochberg FDR correction across all leaderboard cells — could be a false positive from running ~1500 tests; treat as suggestive. A severity label (Slight / Moderate / High / Extreme) means the cell is BOTH confidently signed AND passes FDR — the rigorous-stats-claim tier.

Min 5 votes per cell, ≥$1 in industry PAC dollars. Min 5 same-party members in the pool for Party Δ; rows below that floor show "low-n party" and rank by Chamber Δ. See docs/audits/mvg-partisan-median-artifact-2026-05-14.md (party-conditional fix) and docs/audits/mvg-wilson-ci-2026-05-15.md (Wilson CI rigor) for the methodology audits.

Bills tab: subterfuge_score = Σ over unstated supporters of (1 + log₁₀(filings)). See methodology for the full audit.