{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/following-historic-santos-expulsion-rep-angie-craig-pushes-revoke-retirement", "Following Historic Santos Expulsion, Rep. Angie Craig Pushes to Revoke Retirement Benefits from Expelled Members of Congress", "2023-12-05", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Angie Craig", "C001119", "craig.house.gov", "craig", "https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Following the House\u2019s historic expulsion of George Santos, U.S. Representative Angie Craig is leading a bipartisan push to revoke retirement benefits from expelled Members of Congress.\n\nRep. Craig\u2019s bipartisan Congressional Pension Accountability Act, which she introduced alongside Reps. Zach Nunn (R-IA) and Chris Pappas (D-NH), would ensure that expelled members would not be able to collect a taxpayer-funded pension after they leave Congress and revoke any government-funded match made to their retirement plan.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s our job to use taxpayer dollars responsibly, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m introducing this bipartisan bill to revoke retirement benefits for any Member who is expelled from Congress. I\u2019ll keep doing my part to get Congress working better for the American people,\u201d said Rep. Craig.\n\nUnder current law, expelled Members of Congress are eligible to receive a pension after five years of government service. While Rep. Craig\u2019s legislation would not apply to former Rep. George Santos because he has not served for five years, it would address a loophole in existing law and ensure the responsible use of taxpayer funds.\n\nText of the Congressional Pension Accountability Act can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/following-historic-santos-expulsion-rep-angie-craig-pushes-revoke-retirement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6503928452730179, "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"}