{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-fights-to-take-dark-money-out-of-politics-as-house-gop-protects-mega-donors-in-spending-bill", "Congressman Crow Fights to Take Dark Money Out of Politics as House GOP Protects Mega Donors in Spending Bill", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, House Republicans rejected three amendments offered by Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Co-Chair of the End Corruption Caucus, to remove anti-democratic, dark money riders from this year\u2019sFinancial Services and General Government spending bill. House Republicans chose special interests and mega-donors over the American people.\n\n\u201cOur democracy is not for sale \u2013 we need more transparency, not less. House Republicans are once again cozying up to special interests and mega-donors by quietly pushing through protections for dark money groups,\u201d said Congressman Crow. \u201cSunshine is the best disinfectant. My amendments would help put an end to corrupt influence, increase transparency, and restore public trust in government.\u201d\n\nThis effort is supported by End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund and Public Citizen.\n\n\u201cShamefully, Congressional Republicans have yet again sided with dark money, corporate influence and their billionaire backers over transparency, democracy and the American people,\u201d said Tiffany Muller, President of End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund. \u201cWe appreciate Representative Crow\u2019s continued efforts to end dark money and show the American people who\u2019s truly fighting for them.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhile Americans overwhelmingly support shining sunlight on corporate political spending, year-after-year some Congressmembers keep rewriting the rules to block that common-sense disclosure,\u201d said Jon Golinger, Democracy Advocate at Public Citizen. \u201cWe strongly support Representative Crow's legislation to strike the secret money policy riders and bring corporate political spending out of the shadows and into the light.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-fights-to-take-dark-money-out-of-politics-as-house-gop-protects-mega-donors-in-spending-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5261538792401552, "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"}