{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/brooks-supports-congress-first-successful-defeat-obama-veto", "Brooks Supports Congress' First Successful Defeat of Obama Veto", "2016-09-28", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Mo Brooks", "B001274", "brooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) voted to override President Obama\u2019s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).\u00a0 The House passed this measure by a vote of 348-77. \u00a0Similarly, the Senate voted today 97-1 to override the President\u2019s veto.\u00a0 This bipartisan legislation protects the right of families of victims of terror attacks to recover compensation for injuries and loss of loved ones from foreign states that aid and abet terrorist acts on American soil.\u00a0 JASTA gives victims of terrorism a voice and a pathway to justice. \u00a0\nCongressman Brooks said, \u201cThis is the first time that the American people, through their representatives in Congress, have joined in a passionate and bipartisan condemnation of President Obama\u2019s support for foreign state terrorism, resoundingly overriding the President\u2019s veto. \u00a0This Administration\u2019s attempt to deny the right of American victims of terrorism to seek compensation from accomplices who aided and abetted terrorism is unconscionable.\u201d\nBrooks concluded, \u201cBy vetoing this legislation, President Obama tried to, with a stroke of his pen, deny families affected by the 9/11 attacks from having their day in court.\u00a0 The President is not acting in the best interests of American citizens.\u00a0 Thanks to our system of checks and balances, however, Congress can provide justice to American victims of terrorism, despite the President\u2019s objection.\u00a0 I stand with the American citizens seeking recourse under the law, and I stand against the President\u2019s attempt to protect terrorism accomplices from American justice.\u201d\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/brooks-supports-congress-first-successful-defeat-obama-veto"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.4102899953722954, "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"}