{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2023/4/bost-votes-to-increase-debt-limit-restore-fiscal-sanity", "BOST VOTES TO INCREASE DEBT LIMIT, RESTORE FISCAL SANITY", "2023-04-26", "2023", "2023-04", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Rep. Mike Bost voted today for the House Republicans\u2019 plan to responsibly increase the debt limit through March 2024 in exchange for significant reductions in government spending. The Limit, Save, Grow Act returns spending to 2022 levels, caps future increases in spending at 1% per year, and recoups unspent COVID relief funds.\n\n\u201cHouse Republicans have acted boldly to address America\u2019s debt crisis by flattening the curve on future spending and saving taxpayers trillions of dollars,\u201d said Bost. \u201cWe won\u2019t sit idle as President Biden and the Democrats resort to scare tactics and hiding from the negotiating table. Conservatives are restoring fiscal sanity and lifting the burden on our children and grandchildren, whether the Big Government liberals like it or not.\u201d\n\nBost, the chairman of the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, took to the House floor to denounce House Democrats for distorting the truth about phantom cuts to veterans\u2019 benefits, benefits that Republicans already pledged to protect.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:44:29Z"]], "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/2023/4/bost-votes-to-increase-debt-limit-restore-fiscal-sanity"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9852931834757328, "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"}