An example of the real-world relationships our model and analysis can automatically capture.

On Feb. 25, 2015 and Feb. 26, 2015, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) made several speeches arguing against federal funding for education and in support of charter schools. The PAC Career Education Colleges and Universities (“a Washington, D.C.-based trade association that represents for-profit colleges.” per Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_Education_Colleges_and_Universities) made a donation of $5,000 to Kline on Feb. 27, 2015—well above the PAC’s average (standard deviation) donation amount to any legislator during the cycle, $1,862.16 (±$1, 288.27). While these relationships can be uncovered by journalists (see the last three columns of the table), this can be a time-intensive process. Our data modeling uncovered this speech-PAC relationship without supervision.