{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2022/12/01/higgins-budget-amendment-adopted-house-gop-majority-rules-118th-congress/", "Higgins\u2019 Budget Amendment Adopted in House GOP Majority Rules for 118th Congress", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) today announced the inclusion of his amendment, which prioritizes reforms to the budget process, in the House Republican Conference rules package for the 118th Congress.\n\nCongressman Higgins\u2019 amendment reads, \u201cthe Republican Leadership should, to the extent practicable, prioritize the consideration of individual appropriations bills reported by the Committee on Appropriations.\u201d\n\n\u201cThere are 12 Appropriations Subcommittees, which produce 12 bills. We should therefore have 12 votes,\u201d said Congressman Higgins. \u201cBundling incredibly disparate bills together in the form of minibus and omnibus spending packages forces representatives to violate core principles and ideological beliefs. This is reflective of a broken and unrighteous budget process.\u201d\n\nSince his initial election, Congressman Higgins has advocated for budget reforms, including the independent consideration of all 12 appropriations bills.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://clayhiggins.house.gov/2022/12/01/higgins-budget-amendment-adopted-house-gop-majority-rules-118th-congress/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6802328862249851, "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"}