{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-ranked-most-effective-democratic-house-member-macroeconomic", "Boyle Ranked Most Effective Democratic House Member on Macroeconomic Policy", "2025-11-19", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Brendan F. Boyle", "B001296", "boyle.house.gov", "boyle", "https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) has released its new Interest & Legislative Effectiveness Scores (ILES) for the 118th Congress, finding that Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, is the most effective Democratic lawmaker in the U.S. House on macroeconomic policy.\n\nThis latest recognition follows CEL\u2019s earlier finding that Congressman Boyle is Pennsylvania\u2019s \u201cMost Effective\u201d Democratic member of Congress, underscoring his leadership on budget, tax, and broader economic policy.\n\n\u201cI came to Congress to deliver real results for working families,\u201d said Congressman Boyle. \u201cI\u2019m honored by this recognition from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, and I\u2019ll keep fighting to protect health care, lower costs, and build an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected.\u201d\n\nCEL\u2019s issue-area scores evaluate how many bills each lawmaker introduces in a given policy area, how far those bills advance through the legislative process, and the substantive importance of those proposals. CEL has published an executive summary of the new ILES rankings as well as an updated searchable database with detailed scores for all members of Congress.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/boyle-ranked-most-effective-democratic-house-member-macroeconomic"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.701777033507824, "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"}