{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=2B220CA7-BAEC-42D1-8474-FDB58D43D05D", "DesJarlais Statement on Senate Failing to Pass a Budget after 1,200 Days", "2012-08-10", "2012", "2012-08", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Scott DesJarlais", "D000616", "desjarlais.house.gov", "desjarlais", "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center", "scraper", "Representative Scott DesJarlais, M.D. (TN-04) released the following statement marking 1,200 days since Senate Democrats last adopted a budget:\n\n\u201cTomorrow marks a disappointing and unprecedented 1,200 days since Senate Democrats have passed a budget as required by law. Not only has the Senate failed to pass a budget, they haven\u2019t even produced a budget proposal to be voted on.\n\n\u201cOur nation faces a fiscal and economic crisis that makes the need for a long-term financial roadmap more critical now than ever before. Yet Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be \u2018foolish\u2019 to do a budget. I simply fail to see the logic behind such a ludicrous sentiment.\n\n\u201cThe House has done its part and passed a commonsense budget that addresses our nation\u2019s deficit spending in a responsible manner so that we can put our nation back on the path to prosperity. But rather than passing a budget of their own, Senate Democrats resorted to demagoguing our efforts and spreading untruths for perceived political gains. Clearly, that is not the sort of leadership the American people expect.\n\n\u201cMy colleagues and I in the House are more than willing to work with the Senate to develop a bipartisan plan, but that cannot happen if they refuse to even sit down at the negotiating table. It is time for Senate Democrats to get their act together, follow the law and pass a budget.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:11:30Z"]], "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://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=2B220CA7-BAEC-42D1-8474-FDB58D43D05D"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6460361182689667, "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"}