{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8577", "Build Back Broke threatens Americans' livelihoods", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 House Democrats today rammed through President Biden\u2019s radical socialist spending spree, capping off a year of historic government waste. U.S. Representative Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA) proudly voted no on the so-called Build Back Better agenda.\n\n\u201cThis bill provides one of the largest SALT tax breaks ever, proving once and for all that the Biden agenda benefits the billionaires, not the bartenders. Today, I voted for the bartenders. For the single mothers who can no longer afford to put food on the table. For the taxicab drivers who can no longer afford gas. For the small business owners struggling to make ends meet, the lives of the unborn, and, most importantly, for residents of Georgia\u2019s First Congressional District. The federal government has no business spending $3.5 trillion dollars that it doesn\u2019t have to implement invasive, inefficient programs that nobody wants. The Bible says \u2018by their works ye shall know them.\u2019 After today\u2019s vote, we know that Democrats are the party of millionaires, illegal immigrants, left-wing extremists, and bureaucrats,\u201d said Carter.\n\nThe bill passed despite a disappointing Congressional Budget Office score, which found that Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer lied about the true cost of their spending spree.\n\n\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 radical wish-list is not fully paid for. Instead, generations of middle-class Americans will pay for Biden\u2019s agenda with higher taxes and higher prices at gas pumps and grocery stores. Our supply chain is crumbling. Businesses can\u2019t find workers. Drugs are pouring across our southern border. And the Commander-in-Chief is swiping America\u2019s credit cards and putting his legacy ahead of his electorate.\u201d said Carter.\n\nThe Senate will now determine the fate of a package that, among other terrible proposals:\n\nAuthorizes $4.5 trillion in new spending;\n\nHikes middle-class taxes by 30 percent;\n\nFuels highest spike in consumer prices in 40 years;\n\nBuilds 150 new government programs;\n\nWastes $550 billion on Green New Deal proposals;\n\nGives SALT tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires;\n\nFails to protect the lives of the unborn; and,\n\nGrants amnesty to illegal immigrants.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8577"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8753188885748386, "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"}