{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-calvert-votes-against-government-shutdown", "Rep. Calvert Votes Against Government Shutdown", "2023-09-29", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Ken Calvert", "C000059", "calvert.house.gov", "calvert", "https://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) issued the following statement regarding a possible federal government shutdown:\n\n\u201cLast night, I voted along with my House colleagues to pass three individual appropriations bills that included House Republican policy priorities. Together with the VA-Military Construction appropriation bill approved earlier this year, the House has now passed four of the twelve annual individual appropriations bills and 73% of all discretionary spending. The Senate has passed zero.\n\nWith the federal fiscal year ending on Saturday at midnight, it\u2019s clear we need a short-term funding bill (continuing resolution or CR) to keep the government open until we complete that work. That is why I voted today for a CR to avoid a government shutdown, secure our border and cut overall funding to address our mounting fiscal challenges. Unfortunately, all House Democrats and a small number of House Republicans opposed the bill, and it was defeated.\n\nI don\u2019t think a government shutdown solves anything. If we do find ourselves in an unfortunate shutdown, I have asked for my pay to be suspended, and my office will remain open to serve constituents. I will remain in D.C. working to find solutions to this impasse.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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://calvert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-calvert-votes-against-government-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8131391368806362, "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"}