search_spending
Search campaign spending data to identify questionable expenditures like travel, entertainment, or vendor payments. Analyze disbursement patterns and detect potential misuse of campaign funds across election cycles.
Instructions
Search campaign spending (Schedule B) across all committees by description or recipient. Use to find questionable expenditures like "steak dinner", "event tickets", "travel", "Disney", "golf", or payments to specific vendors. Essential for identifying spending patterns and potential misuse of campaign funds.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| description | No | Search disbursement descriptions for keywords (e.g., "dinner", "travel", "event tickets", "Disney") | |
| recipient_name | No | Search for payments to a specific recipient/vendor | |
| recipient_state | No | Two-letter state code to filter by (e.g., "FL", "NV") | |
| min_amount | No | Minimum disbursement amount to include | |
| cycle | No | Two-year election cycle (e.g., 2024) | |
| limit | No | Maximum number of results to return (default: 20) |