{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=758D5C0A-BC6F-4528-9079-63396DBCB795", "Representative DesJarlais Votes for Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution", "2011-11-17", "2011", "2011-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Scott DesJarlais", "D000616", "desjarlais.house.gov", "desjarlais", "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center", "scraper", "Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) today voted in favor of H.J. Res. 2: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.\n\nThe following statement can be attributed to Rep. DesJarlais:\n\n\u201cRecent polls show that 74% of Americans are in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. With that level of overwhelming support, it amazes me that many of my colleagues could vote against this bill today and claim they are putting the American people before political interests. I hope that voters will take a long, hard look at what Members of Congress refused to support this commonsense measure to get our nation\u2019s fiscal house in order and hold them accountable.\n\n\u201cAfter casting 859 votes in the United States House of Representatives, I can honestly say that the failure of this bill hurt the most. I\u2019ve never walked off the House Floor with such a heavy heart.\n\n\u201cAlthough I am deeply disappointed that today\u2019s legislation fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage, I will continue to fight for a Balanced Budget Amendment to our Constitution. It is the right thing to do.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:12:58Z"]], "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=758D5C0A-BC6F-4528-9079-63396DBCB795"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7335601150989532, "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"}