{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cohen-s-statement-plan-introduce-constitutional-amendment-presidential", "Cohens Statement On Plan To Introduce Constitutional Amendment On Presidential Pardon Power", "2017-10-30", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Cohen\u2019s Statement On Plan To Introduce Constitutional Amendment On Presidential Pardon Power\n\tIn light of the Indictment of Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, The Need To Act Is Clear \n[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2014 \u00a0Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), released the following statement after a federal grand jury\u2019s indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was made public Monday:\n\u201cThe indictment of Paul Manafort, who served as Donald Trump\u2019s campaign chairman last year, accelerates the need to pass a Constitutional amendment limiting a president\u2019s pardoning authority. I will be introducing the amendment on Tuesday. If adopted, the amendment would prohibit presidents from pardoning themselves, their families, members of their administrations and individuals who worked on their presidential campaigns. The indictment makes clear that some of Manafort\u2019s activities took place while he was working on the Trump campaign so the need is clear and present.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cohen-s-statement-plan-introduce-constitutional-amendment-presidential"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9536691941320896, "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"}