Congress should designate certain cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Michael Cloud · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.88 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 99%

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Occurrences

Evidence

Congressman Cloud’s Border Security page says, "Congress should pass legislation that would declare certain cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations" and says securing the border should crack down on cartels.

Cloud publicly endorsed the cartel-FTO policy position on his official congressional site.

partial same_term

Border Security
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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H.R. 885 shows Rep. Cloud as a cosponsor and states the bill was introduced on January 31, 2025, then referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The latest action listed is introduction and referral; no enactment is shown.

Cloud took concrete legislative action by supporting a bill to have specific cartels reported for FTO designation, but the measure did not advance to enactment.

never same_term A for effort

H.R. 885 - All Information
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was that Congress should designate certain cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The evidence shows Cloud publicly supported the policy and cosponsored H.R. 885 in the 119th Congress, a concrete legislative attempt related to cartel FTO designation. However, the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, with no enactment or completed designation shown. Because there was a serious legislative effort but the promised outcome was not delivered, the correct adjudication is never with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%