{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1120", "Rep. Ben Cline Votes Against Democrats $1.7 Trillion Spending Spree", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Ben Cline", "C001118", "cline.house.gov", "cline", "https://cline.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) released the below statement following his vote against the over $1.7 TRILLION, 4,155-page omnibus spending package, which will skyrocket America\u2019s national debt and worsen the inflation crisis that Virginians are suffering from.\n\n\u201cDemocrats\u2019 bloated omnibus spending spree represents what\u2019s wrong with Washington: a 4,000+ page, over $1.7 trillion government funding deal we are forced to vote on at the last minute,\u201d Cline said. \u201cThis makes it impossible to know the total cost that will fall on the backs of American taxpayers - and worsens inflation that\u2019s devastating working families. Americans have to live within their means, while Congress spends and spends with money we don\u2019t have. It\u2019s pure Washington dysfunction in action, and it must be stopped. That\u2019s why I voted against this bill - because the American people who elected us deserve a Congress that spends responsibly, not more than we can afford.\u201d\n\nCongressman Ben Cline represents the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia. He previously was an attorney in private practice and served both as an assistant prosecutor and Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Cline and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Botetourt County with their two children.", 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://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1120"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9929477237164974, "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"}