{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=552", "Bacon A NO Vote on Partisan HEROES Act", "2020-10-01", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Don Bacon", "B001298", "bacon.house.gov", "bacon", "https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 925, the HEROES Act 2.0, a partisan bill that will not even get to first base in the Senate.\n\n\u201cCongress has the opportunity to provide direct relief and assistance to our restaurants and playhouses, transportation industry, hospitals, and frontline workers. This extremely partisan $2.2 trillion bill is detrimental to our communities because it defunds state and local law enforcement by removing $600 million from the original HEROES Act; funds intended to hire and train potential officers.\n\n\u201cFull of poison pills, this bill mandates a blanket release for federal prisoners to include felons; enforces a federal government takeover of our states\u2019 elections 33 days before November 4; and much more. A COVID relief bill is also not the place to tackle immigration and marijuana policies.\n\n\u201cThis is simply an opportunity for House Democrats to throw in their last-minute wishes before November. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I urge my House colleagues reexamine our \u201cMarch to Common Ground\u201d framework and come together to agree on a smaller package that actually helps reopen businesses, pushes for a safe and effective vaccine, and ensures our hospitals and medical care centers are well-equipped and supplied with the necessary PPE to care for our citizens.\n\n\u201cThere is much Republicans and Democrats agree on to help us recover from COVID. We should have passed the items we agreed on versus holding America\u2019s economy hostage to the Speaker\u2019s liberal wish list.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:34:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=552"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8972589857876301, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}