{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-second-bill-passes-house-floor", "Emmers Second Bill Passes Off House Floor", "2016-05-24", "2016", "2016-05", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Tom Emmer", "E000294", "emmer.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Yesterday, Congressman Emmer\u2019s second piece of legislation passed off the House Floor. unanimously. This bill would designate the Post Office at St. John\u2019s University in Collegeville, Minnesota as the \u201cEugene J. McCarthy Post Office.\u201d\u201cSenator Eugene McCarthy is a man who is remembered for shaking up the DC establishment and being a driving force behind the level of civic engagement Minnesotans have today,\u201d said Emmer. \u201cIn the year which would have been his 100th\u00a0birthday, I am proud to have the full Minnesota delegation\u2019s support for dedicating the post office at St. John\u2019s University - the college where McCarthy grew up, studied, and taught - after this great public servant.\u201dEugene McCarthy attended and taught at St. John\u2019s University. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948, became a Senator in 1959 and launched a bid for President in 1968. In 1998, a former U.S. Post Office in downtown St. Paul was named after the late Senator McCarthy until its recent sale. In his honor, St. John\u2019s University established the Eugene J. McCarthy Center, which aims to promote dialogue, civic education, and political engagement in youth following in his footsteps.This legislation is H.R.4425. Click\u00a0here\u00a0to read the full text.Congressman Emmer represents Minnesota\u2019s Sixth Congressional District which includes Collegeville, MN.", 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://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-second-bill-passes-house-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9096979629248381, "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"}