{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clarke.house.gov/clarke-opposes-republican-tax-bill/", "Clarke Opposes Republican Tax Bill", "2017-12-19", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Yvette D. Clarke", "C001067", "clarke.house.gov", "clarke", "https://clarke.house.gov/category/press-release/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON- Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke issued this statement following today\u2019s GOP tax vote. Clarke voted against the bill:\n\n\u201cPolicy reflects priorities and the GOP\u2019s priorities are clear: billionaires first, everybody else second.\n\n\u201cEighty-six percent of middle class families will pay more in taxes. Americans will face higher healthcare premiums and 13 million people will lose their coverage altogether.\n\n\u201cTwenty-five billion dollars will be cut from Medicare. The bill slashes the highly popular state and local tax (SALT) deductions and increases the debt by as much as $2.2 trillion, leaving our children and grandchildren to deal with crushing debt. What\u2019s worse, good paying jobs will be shipped overseas.\n\n\u201cThis bill supports Republicans\u2019 trickle-down delusions, not analysis or facts. It was written first and foremost for the wealthiest one percent, lobbyists and donors, not ordinary Americans.\n\n\u201cEvery Republican who voted for this legislation will be forced to answer why they chose the donor class over the working class. Republicans will have to explain why they\u2019ve made corporate tax cuts permanent, while making tax cuts for hard-working American families temporary.\n\n\u201cThe American people will continue to make their voices heard and hold Republicans accountable for this tax scam.\n\n\u201cRepublicans own this.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T22:19:19Z"]], "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://clarke.house.gov/clarke-opposes-republican-tax-bill/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6197348702698946, "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"}