us-gov-open-data-mcp 1.0.0

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+ /**
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+ * Cross-referencing guide — static expert knowledge about combining data across APIs.
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+ *
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+ * This is appended to the auto-generated per-module instructions in server.ts.
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+ * It teaches the client how to enrich answers by pulling from multiple data sources.
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+ */
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+ export const CROSS_REFERENCE_GUIDE = `
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+ == CROSS-REFERENCING GUIDE ==
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+ CRITICAL: Never answer a question using just one API when multiple can provide richer context.
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+ Before responding, always ask: 'What other data sources would make this answer more complete?'
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+
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+ === QUESTION-TYPE ROUTING ===
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+ Detect the type of question and automatically pull from the right combination:
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+
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+ DEBT / DEFICIT:
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+ Primary: Treasury (debt_to_penny) → get raw debt number
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+ Enrich: FRED (GDP) → calculate debt-to-GDP ratio for context
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+ Enrich: FRED (FYFSGDA188S) → deficit as % of GDP over time
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+ Enrich: Treasury (avg_interest_rates) → cost of servicing the debt
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+ Explain: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'debt ceiling', congress_recent_laws) → what legislation drove it
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+ Explain: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on debt ceiling and budget bills
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+ Compare: FRED (GDP, UNRATE) → was deficit spending during recession or expansion?
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+ Compare: World Bank (GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS) → how does U.S. debt-to-GDP compare internationally?
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+
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+ SPENDING / BUDGET:
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+ Primary: USAspending (by_agency, by_award) → who got the money
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+ Enrich: Treasury (MTS mts_table_1) → total receipts vs outlays
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+ Enrich: Census (population) → convert to per-capita figures
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+ Explain: Congress (congress_search_bills) → what authorized the spending
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+ Explain: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on the appropriation
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+ Explain: Federal Register → any executive orders that directed spending
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+ Compare: USAspending (over_time) → is it trending up or down?
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+ Context: USDA NASS → agriculture spending context (USDA is 5th largest agency)
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+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied for the spending program
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+
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+ ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (GDP, jobs, inflation, rates):
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+ Primary: FRED (GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, PAYEMS) → the numbers
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+ Enrich: FRED (multiple related series) → always show 3-5 related indicators together
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+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown) → show WHICH categories drive inflation (food, shelter, energy, medical)
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+ Enrich: BLS (bls_employment_by_industry) → show WHICH sectors are adding/losing jobs
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+ Enrich: BEA (bea_gdp_by_industry) → show WHICH industries drive GDP
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+ Enrich: DOL (dol_ui_claims_national) → weekly unemployment insurance claims (leading indicator)
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+ Context: Treasury (debt, revenue) → fiscal backdrop
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+ Context: Congress (recent laws) → what legislation was active
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+ Context: Federal Register (executive orders) → executive actions in effect
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+ Context: Note which president/congress was in office with dates
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+ Compare: World Bank (same indicators for peer nations) → is U.S. inflation/growth high or low vs peers?
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+ STATE-LEVEL QUESTIONS:
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+ Primary: Census (population, income, demographics)
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+ Enrich: BEA (bea_gdp_by_state) → state GDP and growth rate
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+ Enrich: BEA (bea_personal_income, state FIPS) → per-capita income by state
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+ Enrich: BLS (bls_search_series state_employment + bls_series_data) → state unemployment and jobs
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+ Enrich: USAspending (by_state) → federal dollars flowing to state
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+ Enrich: FEC (search candidates by state) → political representation
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+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health) → county-level health indicators (obesity, diabetes, depression, food insecurity)
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+ Enrich: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → climate/weather patterns affecting the state
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+ Enrich: HUD (hud_fair_market_rents) → rental costs and housing affordability
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+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_disaster_declarations) → disaster history and federal aid
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+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_aggregations state) → financial complaint volume in state
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+ Enrich: FDIC (fdic_search_institutions) → banking institutions in the state
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+ Enrich: DOL (dol_osha_inspections, dol_whd_enforcement) → workplace safety and wage enforcement in state
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+ Enrich: DOL (dol_ui_claims_state) → unemployment insurance claims for the state
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+ Calculate: Federal spending per capita = USAspending total / Census population
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+
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+ LEGISLATION / POLICY:
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+ Primary: Congress (congress_bill_details, cosponsors, status) → what passed and how
68
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_house_votes) → House party-line vote breakdown (Congress.gov API for 118th+, clerk.house.gov XML 1990+)
69
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_senate_votes) → Senate party-line vote breakdown (senate.gov XML 101st/1989+)
70
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_bill_actions) → full legislative timeline (committee, floor, enrolled)
71
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_bill_amendments) → how the bill was modified during debate
72
+ Enrich: GovInfo (govinfo_bill_text) → full enrolled text of the law
73
+ Enrich: FRED (before/after indicators) → economic impact with 1yr pre and 1-3yr post data
74
+ Enrich: Treasury (debt, deficit before/after) → fiscal impact
75
+ Enrich: USAspending (spending trends before/after) → spending changes
76
+ Enrich: Federal Register (related executive orders) → implementation actions
77
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied for/against the bill and how much they spent
78
+ Enrich: Regulations.gov (regulations_search_documents) → implementing regulations after the law passed
79
+ Always: Show party-line breakdown of votes vs economic outcome
80
+ Always: Compare House vote and Senate vote for the same bill to show bicameral alignment/divergence
81
+
82
+ ELECTIONS / CAMPAIGN FINANCE:
83
+ Primary: FEC (candidates, committees, financials) → who raised what
84
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_member_bills) → bills they sponsored/cosponsored while in office
85
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → their voting record on key bills
86
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_bill_details) → did they cosponsor popular/unpopular legislation?
87
+ Enrich: USAspending (contracts to donors/donor companies) → follow the money
88
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied on what issues and how much they spent
89
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_contributions) → lobbyist campaign donations to politicians
90
+ Context: FRED (economic conditions during election cycle)
91
+ Context: Congress (congress_house_votes year=election_year) → how they voted in the election year
92
+
93
+ EXECUTIVE ACTIONS / REGULATIONS:
94
+ Primary: Federal Register (executive orders, rules) → what was signed
95
+ Enrich: Regulations.gov (regulations_search_documents) → proposed/final rules, supporting documents
96
+ Enrich: Regulations.gov (regulations_search_comments) → public comments on proposed rules
97
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_search_bills) → was Congress acting on this too?
98
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → did Congress vote to override or support?
99
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied for/against the action
100
+ Enrich: FRED (economic indicators) → conditions before/after the action
101
+ Enrich: USAspending → did spending patterns change after the order?
102
+
103
+ PRESIDENTIAL COMPARISON:
104
+ For EACH president: FRED (GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, PAYEMS, SP500, M2SL) at start vs end of term
105
+ For EACH president: Treasury (debt at start vs end, deficit/GDP each year)
106
+ For EACH president: Congress (major laws signed, congress_recent_laws)
107
+ For EACH president: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → key votes under each president (e.g. ACA 2010 roll 165, Tax Cuts 2017)
108
+ For EACH president: Federal Register (count and nature of executive orders)
109
+ For EACH president: USAspending (usa_spending_over_time) → federal spending trajectory during term
110
+ Always: Note external factors (recessions, pandemics, wars) that affected outcomes
111
+ Always: Show both raw numbers and context-adjusted figures
112
+ Always: Note which party controlled House and Senate during each congress of the term
113
+
114
+ HEALTH / HEALTHCARE:
115
+ Primary: CDC (cdc_causes_of_death) → what Americans die from, by state/year
116
+ Primary: CDC (cdc_life_expectancy) → life expectancy trends by race/sex (through 2018)
117
+ Primary: CDC (cdc_mortality_rates) → quarterly death rates by cause and state (2020–present)
118
+ Primary: CDC (cdc_weekly_deaths) → most current weekly death surveillance (COVID, flu, pneumonia, total)
119
+ Enrich: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_search) → ongoing research for diseases/conditions
120
+ Enrich: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_stats) → drug development pipeline activity by disease
121
+ Enrich: USAspending (HHS spending) → how much is spent on healthcare
122
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown medical care) → healthcare cost inflation
123
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health) → county-level: obesity, diabetes, depression, smoking, food insecurity
124
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_city) → city-level health indicators for cities with pop > 50K
125
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_nutrition_obesity) → obesity, physical inactivity, fruit/vegetable consumption by state
126
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_drug_overdose) → drug poisoning/overdose mortality by state (opioid crisis)
127
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_disability) → disability prevalence by state and type
128
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_birth_indicators) → birth rates, teen births, preterm, cesarean by race
129
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_death_rates_historical) → 120+ years of death rates for major causes
130
+ Enrich: CMS (cms_hospitals) → hospital quality, mortality, readmissions, infections
131
+ Enrich: CMS (cms_nursing_homes) → nursing home quality and health citations
132
+ Compare: World Bank (SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD, SP.DYN.LE00.IN) → U.S. health spend and life expectancy vs other nations
133
+ Context: Census (demographics, aging population) → who needs the most care
134
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'healthcare', 'ACA', 'Medicare') → health legislation
135
+ Context: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on health bills
136
+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for healthcare, pharmaceutical) → who lobbied on health policy
137
+
138
+ DRUG DEVELOPMENT / PHARMACEUTICAL:
139
+ Primary: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_search) → search trials by drug, condition, sponsor, phase
140
+ Primary: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_detail) → full protocol, eligibility, locations
141
+ Primary: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_stats) → pipeline activity by disease OR drug name (recruiting vs completed vs terminated)
142
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_approved_drugs) → FDA approval history, application number, active ingredients, marketing status
143
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_drug_events) → adverse event reports for approved drugs
144
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_drug_counts) → aggregate adverse event patterns (top reactions, top drugs)
145
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_drug_recalls) → drug recall enforcement reports by company, classification, reason
146
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_causes_of_death, cdc_mortality_rates) → disease burden the drug targets
147
+ Enrich: SEC (sec_company_search, sec_company_financials) → pharma company financial performance
148
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → pharma lobbying spend (PhRMA, individual companies)
149
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_lobbyists) → individual lobbyists working for the pharma company
150
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_detail) → specific bills and issues the company lobbied on
151
+ Enrich: FEC (fec_search_committees, fec_committee_disbursements) → pharma PAC donations
152
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for drug names or 'prescription drug') → legislation
153
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules, fr_document_detail) → FDA rulemaking and regulatory actions
154
+ Context: World Bank (SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD) → international drug pricing context
155
+ Always: Compare industry-sponsored vs NIH-sponsored trial counts for the same condition
156
+ Always: Use clinical_trials_stats with search_as_drug=true for drug names like 'semaglutide'
157
+
158
+ AGRICULTURE / FOOD PRICES:
159
+ Primary: USDA NASS (usda_crop_data, usda_prices) → production and farm-gate prices
160
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown food) → consumer food price inflation
161
+ Enrich: EIA (eia_petroleum) → energy costs affect farming and transport
162
+ Enrich: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → weather impacts on crop yields
163
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_food_recalls) → food safety recalls and contamination
164
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_food_adverse_events) → illness/injury reports from foods and dietary supplements (CAERS)
165
+ Enrich: USDA FoodData (fooddata_search) → nutritional composition of foods
166
+ Context: USAspending (USDA agency spending) → farm subsidies and programs
167
+ Context: Census (rural population) → farming community demographics
168
+
169
+ NUTRITION / FOOD SCIENCE:
170
+ Primary: USDA FoodData (fooddata_search, fooddata_detail) → full nutrient breakdown for any food
171
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_nutrition_obesity) → obesity and physical inactivity rates by state
172
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health FOODINSECU) → food insecurity at county level
173
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_food_recalls) → food safety issues
174
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_food_adverse_events) → adverse event reports from foods and supplements
175
+ Context: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown food) → food price trends
176
+
177
+ INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON:
178
+ Primary: World Bank (wb_compare) → side-by-side indicator comparison
179
+ Enrich: FRED → U.S. baseline for the same metric
180
+ Enrich: Treasury → U.S. fiscal position
181
+ Context: Always compare like-for-like (GDP per capita, not total GDP, for size-different nations)
182
+ Context: Note data availability gaps (some countries lag 1-3 years)
183
+
184
+ FOOD SAFETY / RECALLS:
185
+ Primary: FDA (fda_food_recalls) → food recall enforcement reports by classification, firm, reason
186
+ Primary: FDA (fda_food_adverse_events) → CAERS adverse event reports from foods and dietary supplements
187
+ Enrich: USDA FoodData (fooddata_search) → nutritional composition of recalled/reported foods
188
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown food) → food price inflation context
189
+ Enrich: USDA NASS (usda_crop_data, usda_prices) → production data for affected commodities
190
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'food safety', 'FDA') → food safety legislation
191
+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for food industry) → food industry lobbying
192
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules agency:FDA) → FDA rulemaking activity
193
+
194
+ DRUG SAFETY / RECALLS:
195
+ Primary: FDA (fda_drug_events) → adverse event reports (FAERS) — search by drug name
196
+ Primary: FDA (fda_drug_counts) → aggregate top reactions, top drugs by adverse event count
197
+ Primary: FDA (fda_drug_recalls) → drug recall enforcement reports by classification and company
198
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_approved_drugs) → FDA approval history, active ingredients, marketing status
199
+ Enrich: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_search) → ongoing trials for the same drug
200
+ Enrich: ClinicalTrials (clinical_trials_stats with search_as_drug=true) → pipeline activity for the drug
201
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → manufacturer lobbying spend
202
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_lobbyists) → who lobbies for the manufacturer
203
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for drug name or 'drug pricing') → legislation
204
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules) → FDA regulatory actions
205
+ Always: Note that high adverse event counts often correlate with high prescription volume
206
+
207
+ MEDICAL DEVICES / SAFETY:
208
+ Primary: FDA (fda_device_events) → medical device adverse event reports (MAUDE)
209
+ Primary: FDA (fda_device_recalls) → medical device recall reports with root causes
210
+ Enrich: CMS (cms_hospitals) → hospital quality where devices are used
211
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for device manufacturer) → lobbying by device companies
212
+ Context: USPTO (uspto_search_patents) → patents for the device technology
213
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'medical device', '510(k)') → device regulation bills
214
+
215
+ ENERGY / CLIMATE:
216
+ Primary: EIA (petroleum, electricity, natural gas prices and production)
217
+ Enrich: NREL (nrel_fuel_stations) → EV charging and alt fuel infrastructure by state
218
+ Enrich: NREL (nrel_utility_rates) → local electricity prices
219
+ Enrich: NREL (nrel_solar) → solar energy potential by location
220
+ Enrich: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → temperature trends correlate with energy demand
221
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown energy) → energy's impact on consumer prices
222
+ Enrich: EPA (epa_air_quality) → pollution levels by state/county
223
+ Enrich: Federal Register → energy-related executive orders and regulations
224
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'energy', 'climate', 'IRA') → energy legislation
225
+ Enrich: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on energy bills
226
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for energy, oil, renewable) → energy industry lobbying
227
+ Compare: World Bank (EN.ATM.CO2E.PC) → U.S. emissions vs other nations
228
+
229
+ EDUCATION / LITERACY:
230
+ Primary: NAEP (naep_scores) → reading, math, science scores by state and grade
231
+ Primary: NAEP (naep_achievement_levels) → % Below Basic, Proficient, Advanced — the key literacy metric
232
+ Enrich: NAEP (naep_compare_years) → track COVID learning loss and recovery (2019 vs 2022 vs 2024)
233
+ Enrich: NAEP (naep_compare_groups) → racial/poverty achievement gaps by SDRACE and SLUNCH3
234
+ Enrich: NAEP (naep_compare_states) → which states score highest/lowest
235
+ Enrich: Census (population, poverty) → demographic context for achievement gaps
236
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health FOODINSECU) → food insecurity correlates with low test scores
237
+ Enrich: World Bank (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) → U.S. education spending vs peers
238
+ Enrich: World Bank (SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS) → degree attainment rates over time
239
+ Context: USAspending (Dept of Education spending) → federal education funding
240
+
241
+ COLLEGE / HIGHER EDUCATION:
242
+ Primary: College Scorecard (scorecard_search) → tuition, graduation rates, earnings, debt by school
243
+ Enrich: College Scorecard (scorecard_top earnings) → which schools produce highest earners
244
+ Enrich: College Scorecard (scorecard_compare) → side-by-side school comparison
245
+ Enrich: FRED (SLOAS) → total student loan debt outstanding
246
+ Enrich: BLS (employment by education level) → unemployment rate by degree type
247
+ Enrich: Census (B15003 educational attainment) → degree attainment rates
248
+ Enrich: World Bank (SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS) → international degree comparison
249
+ Context: NAEP (naep_scores, naep_achievement_levels) → K-12 pipeline quality feeding into college
250
+
251
+ DISASTERS / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
252
+ Primary: FEMA (fema_disaster_declarations) → declared disasters by type, state, year
253
+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_housing_assistance) → individual housing assistance amounts
254
+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_public_assistance) → public infrastructure grants
255
+ Enrich: USAspending (FEMA agency spending) → total federal disaster spending
256
+ Enrich: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → weather events that triggered disasters
257
+ Enrich: USGS (usgs_earthquakes) → earthquake data correlating with FEMA declarations
258
+ Enrich: Census (population) → per-capita disaster spending
259
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'disaster', 'FEMA') → disaster legislation
260
+ Context: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on disaster relief
261
+ Context: Federal Register (executive orders) → emergency declarations
262
+
263
+ EARTHQUAKES / SEISMIC / NATURAL HAZARDS:
264
+ Primary: USGS (usgs_earthquakes) → earthquake events by magnitude, location, date
265
+ Primary: USGS (usgs_significant) → significant recent earthquakes worldwide
266
+ Enrich: USGS (usgs_earthquake_count) → frequency statistics by region/magnitude
267
+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_disaster_declarations, incident_type='Earthquake') → federal disaster response
268
+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_housing_assistance, fema_public_assistance) → federal aid amounts
269
+ Enrich: USAspending (FEMA spending) → total federal disaster outlays
270
+ Enrich: Census (population) → affected population and per-capita aid
271
+ Context: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → related weather events
272
+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'earthquake', 'seismic', 'building codes') → safety legislation
273
+
274
+ WATER RESOURCES / DROUGHT / FLOODING:
275
+ Primary: USGS (usgs_water_data) → real-time streamflow, water levels, temperature
276
+ Primary: USGS (usgs_daily_water_data) → historical daily averages for trend analysis
277
+ Primary: USGS (usgs_water_sites) → 13,000+ monitoring stations
278
+ Enrich: NOAA (noaa_climate_data) → precipitation and temperature data
279
+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_disaster_declarations, incident_type='Flood') → flood disaster declarations
280
+ Enrich: EPA (epa_facilities) → water quality compliance
281
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health) → health impacts in affected areas
282
+ Context: USDA NASS (usda_crop_data) → agricultural water impacts
283
+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'water', 'drought', 'infrastructure') → legislation
284
+
285
+ HOUSING / RENT / AFFORDABILITY:
286
+ Primary: HUD (hud_fair_market_rents) → HUD-determined fair rents by bedroom count
287
+ Primary: HUD (hud_income_limits) → income thresholds for housing programs
288
+ Enrich: FRED (USSTHPI) → FHFA House Price Index (national)
289
+ Enrich: Census (B25077 home values, B25064 median rent) → actual market rents and home values
290
+ Enrich: FRED (MORTGAGE30US, CSUSHPINSA) → mortgage rates and Case-Shiller home price index
291
+ Enrich: BEA (bea_personal_income) → state/metro income to compare against rents
292
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown shelter) → housing cost inflation
293
+ Context: USAspending (HUD agency spending) → federal housing assistance spending
294
+ Context: FEMA (fema_housing_assistance) → disaster-related housing aid
295
+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for real estate, housing) → who lobbied on housing policy
296
+
297
+ VEHICLE SAFETY / AUTO:
298
+ Primary: NHTSA (nhtsa_recalls) → safety recalls by make/model/year
299
+ Primary: NHTSA (nhtsa_complaints) → consumer safety complaints with crash/fire/injury stats
300
+ Enrich: NHTSA (nhtsa_safety_ratings) → NCAP 5-star crash test ratings (frontal, side, rollover) + safety tech
301
+ Enrich: NHTSA (nhtsa_decode_vin) → decode any VIN for full vehicle specs
302
+ Enrich: NHTSA (nhtsa_models) → list all makes and models
303
+ Context: NREL (nrel_fuel_stations) → EV charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
304
+ Context: EPA (epa_air_quality) → vehicle emissions and air quality
305
+
306
+ TRANSPORTATION / INFRASTRUCTURE:
307
+ Primary: BTS (bts_transport_stats) → monthly transportation indicators: airline traffic, on-time %, transit ridership, rail freight, truck tonnage, fuel prices, vehicle sales, safety fatalities, Transportation Services Index
308
+ Primary: BTS (bts_border_crossings) → vehicles, passengers, containers at U.S. ports of entry
309
+ Enrich: EIA (eia_petroleum) → fuel prices impact transportation costs
310
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown transportation) → transportation cost inflation
311
+ Enrich: USAspending (DOT agency spending) → federal infrastructure investment
312
+ Enrich: NHTSA (nhtsa_recalls, nhtsa_complaints, nhtsa_safety_ratings) → vehicle safety data and crash ratings
313
+ Enrich: NREL (nrel_fuel_stations) → EV and alt-fuel infrastructure
314
+ Enrich: EPA (epa_air_quality) → transportation emissions impact
315
+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'infrastructure', 'highway', 'FAA', 'transit') → legislation
316
+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for aviation, transportation, railroad) → industry lobbying
317
+
318
+ PATENTS / INNOVATION / TECHNOLOGY:
319
+ Primary: USPTO (uspto_search_patents) → search patents by keyword, assignee, inventor, CPC class
320
+ Enrich: USPTO (uspto_search_assignees) → top patent-holding companies in an area
321
+ Enrich: USPTO (uspto_search_inventors) → prolific inventors by name or location
322
+ Enrich: SEC (sec_company_search) → financial data for patent-holding companies
323
+ Context: USAspending (R&D agency spending) → federal research funding
324
+ Context: Census (population, education) → innovation ecosystem demographics
325
+ Context: World Bank (GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS) → R&D spending as % of GDP internationally
326
+
327
+ HEALTHCARE FACILITIES / QUALITY:
328
+ Primary: CMS (cms_hospitals) → hospital quality ratings, readmissions, infections, mortality
329
+ Primary: CMS (cms_nursing_homes) → nursing home ratings, health citations, staffing
330
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_device_events) → medical device adverse events at facilities
331
+ Enrich: FDA (fda_device_recalls) → recalled medical devices
332
+ Enrich: CDC (cdc_places_health) → county-level health indicators where facilities operate
333
+ Enrich: Census (population, demographics) → who is served by these facilities
334
+ Enrich: USAspending (HHS/CMS spending) → Medicare/Medicaid spending
335
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown medical care) → healthcare cost inflation
336
+
337
+ BANKING / FINANCIAL REGULATION:
338
+ Primary: FDIC (fdic_search_institutions) → search FDIC-insured banks by state, assets, charter type
339
+ Primary: FDIC (fdic_failures) → bank failures since 1934 with costs and resolution types
340
+ Primary: FDIC (fdic_financials) → quarterly Call Report data (assets, deposits, income, ROA, ROE)
341
+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_search_complaints) → consumer complaints against financial companies
342
+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_aggregations) → complaint volume by company/product/state
343
+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_trends) → complaint trends over time for companies/products
344
+ Enrich: FDIC (fdic_deposits) → branch-level deposit data for market share analysis
345
+ Enrich: FDIC (fdic_history) → mergers, acquisitions, charter changes
346
+ Enrich: SEC (sec_company_search, sec_company_financials) → publicly traded bank financials
347
+ Enrich: FRED (FEDFUNDS, DGS10, MORTGAGE30US) → interest rate environment affecting banks
348
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → bank lobbying on financial regulation
349
+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'banking', 'Dodd-Frank', 'financial regulation') → relevant legislation
350
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules agency:CFPB or OCC or FDIC) → rulemaking activity
351
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_agencies) → list all agencies for filtering rule searches
352
+ Compare: FRED (TOTBKCR, BUSLOANS) → total bank credit and commercial lending trends
353
+
354
+ CONSUMER PROTECTION / FINANCIAL COMPLAINTS:
355
+ Primary: CFPB (cfpb_search_complaints) → individual complaints with narratives and company responses
356
+ Primary: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_aggregations) → complaint counts by company, product, state, issue
357
+ Primary: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_trends) → complaint volume trends over time
358
+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_suggest_company) → find exact company name for complaint searches
359
+ Enrich: FDIC (fdic_search_institutions) → bank details for complained-about institutions
360
+ Enrich: SEC (sec_company_search) → financial data for complained-about companies
361
+ Enrich: FEC (fec_search_candidates) → political donations by financial company executives
362
+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → lobbying by complained-about companies
363
+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'consumer protection', 'CFPB') → related legislation
364
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules agency:CFPB) → CFPB rulemaking
365
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_document_detail) → full detail on specific regulatory documents
366
+
367
+ WORKPLACE SAFETY / LABOR:
368
+ Primary: DOL (dol_osha_inspections) → OSHA workplace inspections by state, company, industry
369
+ Primary: DOL (dol_osha_violations) → violations found: type (Serious/Willful/Repeat), penalties, standards cited
370
+ Primary: DOL (dol_osha_accidents) → accident/fatality investigations with event descriptions
371
+ Primary: DOL (dol_osha_accident_injuries) → injury demographics and severity from accidents
372
+ Enrich: DOL (dol_whd_enforcement) → wage theft cases: back wages, FLSA/FMLA violations, penalties
373
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_employment_by_industry) → employment levels in inspected industries
374
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_search_series + bls_series_data) → workplace injury/illness rates (BLS survey)
375
+ Enrich: Census (population) → per-capita violation/injury rates
376
+ Context: Congress (congress_search_bills for 'OSHA', 'workplace safety', 'worker protection') → safety legislation
377
+ Context: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on labor/safety bills
378
+ Context: Federal Register (fr_search_rules agency:OSHA) → OSHA rulemaking
379
+ Context: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search for OSHA or workplace safety) → who lobbied on safety regulations
380
+ Context: USAspending (DOL agency spending) → OSHA enforcement budget
381
+
382
+ UNEMPLOYMENT / LABOR MARKET:
383
+ Primary: DOL (dol_ui_claims_national) → weekly initial and continued unemployment claims
384
+ Primary: DOL (dol_ui_claims_state) → state-level weekly UI claims
385
+ Enrich: FRED (UNRATE, PAYEMS, ICSA, CCSA) → unemployment rate, payrolls, claims from FRED
386
+ Enrich: BLS (bls_employment_by_industry) → which industries are adding/losing jobs
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+ Enrich: BEA (bea_personal_income) → income trends alongside employment
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+ Enrich: FEMA (fema_disaster_declarations) → disasters causing employment disruption
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+ Context: Congress (search bills for 'unemployment', 'jobs', 'workforce') → jobs legislation
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+ Context: Federal Register (executive orders) → executive actions affecting employment
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+
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+ DEREGULATION IMPACT:
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+ Primary: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_trends) → did complaints rise/fall after regulatory changes?
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+ Primary: DOL (dol_osha_inspections) → did inspection frequency change after deregulation?
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+ Primary: FDIC (fdic_failures) → did bank failure rate change?
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+ Enrich: DOL (dol_osha_violations, dol_osha_accidents) → violation/accident trends after policy changes
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+ Enrich: CFPB (cfpb_complaint_aggregations by company) → which companies saw complaint changes
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+ Enrich: DOL (dol_whd_enforcement) → wage theft enforcement trends
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+ Enrich: EPA (epa_facilities, epa_air_quality) → environmental compliance after deregulation
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+ Enrich: Federal Register (fr_executive_orders, fr_search_rules) → what was deregulated and when
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+ Enrich: Congress (congress_search_bills) → legislative rollbacks
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+ Enrich: Congress (congress_house_votes, congress_senate_votes) → how each party voted on the deregulation
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+ Enrich: Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied for/against the regulation
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+ Context: FRED (economic indicators) → economic conditions alongside regulatory changes
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+
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+ CONFLICT OF INTEREST / ACCOUNTABILITY / CORRUPTION / MONEY IN POLITICS:
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+ This is an investigative workflow. When users ask about conflicts of interest, corruption, whether politicians are bought, money in politics, PAC influence, or "who benefits" from legislation, follow this systematic pipeline:
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+
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+ Step 1 — Identify the politician:
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+ FEC (fec_search_candidates) → get candidate ID, state, party, office
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+ Congress (congress_member_details or congress_search_members) → get BioGuide ID, committee assignments
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+ Step 2 — Follow their money (CAMPAIGN FINANCE):
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+ FEC (fec_candidate_financials) → total raised, PAC money, PAC percentage across ALL election cycles
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+ FEC (fec_search_committees with committee_type="Q") → find named industry PACs (search by company name: "Wells Fargo", "Pfizer", "Goldman Sachs", etc.)
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+ FEC (fec_committee_disbursements with recipient_name) → CRITICAL: get exact, dated, dollar-amount disbursements from each named PAC to the politician. Search multiple cycles (election year ± 1 cycle). This is the direct money trail.
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_contributions) → lobbyist campaign donations
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+ Step 3 — Follow the lobbying:
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → search by industry trade group ("American Bankers Association", "PhRMA") and by individual companies. Get annual lobbying spend for 3+ years around the vote.
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_detail) → specific bills listed in lobbying filings
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_lobbyists) → individual lobbyists working for the company/industry
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+
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+ Step 4 — Find the vote:
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+ Congress (congress_search_bills) → find the bill by keyword or number
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+ Congress (congress_bill_details) → sponsor, cosponsors, committees, status
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+ Congress (congress_senate_votes or congress_house_votes) → party-line breakdown
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+ Congress (congress_bill_actions) → full timeline from introduction to signing
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+ Step 5 — Measure the outcome:
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+ FDIC (fdic_failures) → if banking: did deregulated banks fail? What was the cost?
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+ FRED (economic indicators before/after) → did the policy have measurable economic effects?
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+ BLS (bls_cpi_breakdown) → if consumer prices: did prices rise/fall after the vote?
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+ World Bank (wb_compare) → international comparison of outcomes (e.g., drug prices, health spending)
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+ USAspending → did federal spending change after the legislation?
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+ CFPB (cfpb_complaint_trends) → did consumer complaints change?
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+ CDC (cdc_causes_of_death, cdc_mortality_rates) → if health-related: did health outcomes change?
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+ Step 6 — Who benefited from the aftermath:
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → did the benefiting companies increase lobbying after?
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+ SEC (sec_company_search, sec_company_financials) → did benefiting companies' financials improve?
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+ FEC (fec_committee_disbursements) → did PAC donations continue/increase after favorable vote?
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+ Always: Present the full chain: Money In → Vote → Outcome → Who Benefited
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+ Always: Show both "why it looks suspicious" and "why it might be OK" — present both interpretations
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+ Always: Note that correlation does not prove causation
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+ Always: Quantify with ratios — lobbying spend vs. public cost, PAC money vs. policy benefit
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+ KEY PAC LOOKUP TECHNIQUE:
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+ To find which PACs gave to a politician, you must work backwards from the industry:
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+ 1. Identify the relevant industry (banking, pharma, energy, tech, etc.)
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+ 2. Search for each major company's PAC: fec_search_committees(name="Company Name", committee_type="Q")
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+ 3. Get the committee_id for each PAC found
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+ 4. Query disbursements: fec_committee_disbursements(committee_id, cycle, recipient_name="Senator Last Name")
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+ 5. Try multiple cycles — the politician's election year AND the surrounding cycles
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+ 6. Common industry PACs to check:
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+ Banking: ABA BankPAC (C00004275), Wells Fargo (C00034595), Citigroup (C00008474), Goldman Sachs (C00350744), Bank of America (C00364778), JPMorgan (C00104299)
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+ Pharma: Pfizer (C00016683), Merck (C00097485), PhRMA trade group (search "PhRMA")
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+ Energy: Search by company name (ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc.)
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+ Tech: Search by company name (Google, Meta, Amazon, etc.)
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+ Defense: Search by company name (Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, etc.)
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+
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+ INVESTIGATIVE / FOLLOW THE MONEY / WHO BENEFITS:
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+ This applies when users ask questions like "who benefits from X", "follow the money", "is X corrupt", "show me the money trail", "who lobbied for X", "did donors influence the vote":
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+ For a SPECIFIC BILL:
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+ Congress (congress_bill_details) → sponsor and cosponsors
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+ For EACH sponsor/cosponsor of interest:
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+ FEC (fec_candidate_financials) → PAC money percentage
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+ FEC (fec_search_committees + fec_committee_disbursements) → named PAC donations from benefiting industry
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search by industry) → total lobbying spend around the bill
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+ Congress (congress_senate_votes or congress_house_votes) → who voted which way, party breakdown
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+ Then measure outcomes (see Step 5 above)
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+ For a SPECIFIC INDUSTRY:
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → total annual lobbying spend, trending over time
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+ FEC (fec_search_committees, committee_type="Q") → find all industry PACs
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+ FEC (fec_committee_disbursements) → where did each PAC send money?
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+ Congress (congress_search_bills) → what bills did they lobby on?
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+ Congress (votes) → how did recipients vote on those bills?
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+ Regulations.gov (regulations_search_documents) → what rules affect this industry?
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+ For a SPECIFIC POLITICIAN:
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+ FEC (fec_candidate_financials) → all cycles, PAC dependency trend
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+ FEC (fec_committee_disbursements from top industry PACs) → direct money trail
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+ Congress (congress_member_bills) → what did they sponsor?
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+ Congress (votes) → how did they vote on industry-relevant bills?
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_search) → who lobbied them (by their committee assignments)?
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+ Senate Lobbying (lobbying_contributions) → lobbyist donations to them
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+
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+ === ENRICHMENT RULES ===
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+ These rules apply to EVERY response, regardless of question type:
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+ 1. ALWAYS ADD CONTEXT TO RAW NUMBERS:
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+ - Debt → also show debt-to-GDP ratio (debt / FRED GDP)
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+ - Spending → also show per-capita (spending / Census population)
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+ - Dollar amounts over time → note inflation (adjust using FRED CPIAUCSL if comparing years)
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+ - Any federal number → note which president and congress were in office
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+ - U.S. metrics → consider showing international comparison via World Bank
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+
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+ 2. ALWAYS SHOW TRENDS, NOT JUST SNAPSHOTS:
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+ - If asked about 'current' anything, also show the trajectory (last 3-5 data points minimum)
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+ - If asked about a specific year, also show the year before and after for comparison
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+
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+ 3. CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION:
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+ - NEVER say a policy 'caused' an economic outcome
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+ - Say 'coincided with' or 'occurred during', NOT 'caused' or 'led to'
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+ - ALWAYS list confounding factors: global events, Fed policy, prior actions, seasonal patterns
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+
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+ 4. BE OBJECTIVE — NO EDITORIALIZING:
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+ - Use neutral language: 'declined 21%' not 'collapsed', 'increased' not 'surged'
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+ - Do NOT characterize policies as 'wins' or 'failures'
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+ - Present both interpretations when data is ambiguous
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+ 5. QUANTIFY SIGNIFICANCE WITH DATA, NOT ADJECTIVES:
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+ - Instead of 'a massive drop', say 'a decline of X%, the largest since [date] when it was Y%'
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+ - Provide the historical range so the user can judge significance themselves
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+ 6. CITE YOUR SOURCES EXPLICITLY:
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+ - For every number, state which API and series/endpoint it came from
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+ - Distinguish between raw data and calculated/derived figures
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+
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+ 7. PROVIDE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES:
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+ - GDP can grow while median wages stagnate (show both)
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+ - Unemployment can be low while labor participation is also low (show both)
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+ - U.S. can rank #1 in total spending but poorly per-capita — show both
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+ 8. PROACTIVELY CONNECT DOTS (but label connections as correlations):
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+ - If a bill passed, check what happened to related FRED series 1-3 years later
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+ - If a bill passed, pull congress_house_votes AND congress_senate_votes to show the party-line breakdown
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+ - If spending spiked, search Congress for the authorizing law AND the vote that approved it
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+ - If an indicator moved sharply, check Federal Register for executive orders nearby
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+ - If health outcomes differ by state, check CDC (cdc_places_health, cdc_nutrition_obesity, cdc_drug_overdose) + Census demographics
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+ - If food prices spike, check USDA NASS crop production + NOAA weather events
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+ - If a regulation was proposed, check lobbying_search for who lobbied on it AND regulations_search_comments for public input
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+ - If a member voted a certain way, check FEC for their top donors (fec_candidate_financials) and lobbying_contributions to find potential connections
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+ - ALWAYS trace the direct money trail: use fec_search_committees(name, committee_type='Q') to find industry PAC IDs, then fec_committee_disbursements(committee_id, recipient_name) to get exact dollar amounts, dates, and descriptions of PAC-to-candidate payments
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+ - When investigating a bill's sponsor: find PACs from the industry that benefits, then query disbursements to the sponsor AND key cosponsors for the 2 cycles surrounding the bill
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+ - Build a chronological timeline: PAC donation dates → bill introduction → lobbying spend spikes → vote date → outcomes (failures, price changes, etc.)
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+
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+ 9. FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST INVESTIGATIONS — ALWAYS PULL ALL 5 LAYERS:
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+ Layer 1 — DIRECT MONEY: fec_committee_disbursements from named industry PACs to the politician (not just aggregate PAC totals)
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+ Layer 2 — LOBBYING: lobbying_search for the industry trade group AND individual companies, with annual spend for 3+ years
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+ Layer 3 — THE VOTE: senate_votes or house_votes with full party-line breakdown
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+ Layer 4 — THE OUTCOME: measurable consequences (FDIC failures, price indices, complaint trends, health outcomes)
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+ Layer 5 — WHO BENEFITED: did the industry's lobbying increase after? did a competitor acquire assets cheaply?
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+ Present all 5 layers together to show the full pipeline from money → influence → policy → public impact
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+ `;
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+ /**
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+ * BEA MCP module — tools + metadata. Delegates all API calls to sdk/bea.
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+ *
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+ * Tools return raw JSON data — no markdown formatting. The client decides how to present it.
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+ */
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+ import type { Tool } from "fastmcp";
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+ export declare const name = "bea";
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+ export declare const displayName = "Bureau of Economic Analysis";
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+ export declare const description = "State-level GDP, GDP by industry, personal income by state, national accounts (NIPA)";
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+ export declare const auth: {
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+ envVar: string;
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+ signup: string;
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+ };
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+ export declare const workflow = "Pick the geographic/industry dimension you need \u2192 query with state FIPS or industry code";
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+ export declare const tips = "Key advantage over FRED: state-level GDP and income breakdowns, GDP by NAICS industry.";
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+ export declare const reference: {
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+ nipaTables: Record<string, string>;
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+ gdpIndustryTables: Record<number, string>;
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+ regionalTables: Record<string, string>;
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+ docs: {
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+ "User Guide": string;
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+ "Developer Page": string;
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+ "Sign Up": string;
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+ };
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+ };
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+ export declare const tools: Tool<any, any>[];
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+ export { clearCache } from "../sdk/bea.js";
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