{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2023/11/house-committee-advances-bost-election-integrity-bill", "HOUSE COMMITTEE ADVANCES BOST ELECTION INTEGRITY BILL", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Mike Bost\u2019s (R-IL) legislation requiring U.S. citizenship to vote in any Washington, D.C., election was approved by the House Committee on Administration in preparation for an eventual vote in the House. Bost\u2019s bill, the American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act, comes in response to the D.C. City Council\u2019s decision last year to give non-citizens over the age of 18 the right to vote in city and local elections.\n\n\u201cArticle I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress direct control over Washington, D.C.; and we have the right and responsibility to ensure that American citizens, and American citizens only, are voting in our nation\u2019s capital city,\u201d said Bost. \u201cWhen you allow non-citizens to vote in D.C., you are diluting the votes of legal U.S. citizens and opening the door to foreign agents fomenting chaos at the ballot box. I refuse to stand by and allow radical liberals to weaken the voice of legal American citizens when Congress has the constitutional authority to stop it.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerican elections should be for American citizens,\u201d said Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI). \u201cD.C. elections have been a disaster for years, and now they have implemented a ridiculous measure that will allow embassy staff from our foreign adversaries like Russia and China to vote after living in the Capital for just 30 days. It\u2019s past time for Congress to exercise our constitutional responsibility over D.C. to protect voters. I thank Congressman Bost for leading this common-sense legislation that will help restore voter confidence.\u201d\n\nThe American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act is expected to be included in a package of legislation that House Republicans plan to advance for protecting the integrity of America\u2019s elections.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://bost.house.gov/2023/11/house-committee-advances-bost-election-integrity-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4531790986657143, "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"}