{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases/evans-votes-no-health-care-shutdown-bill", "Evans Votes \u2018No\u2019 on Health-Care Shutdown Bill", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Dwight Evans", "E000296", "evans.house.gov", "evans", "https://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (November 13, 2025) \u2013 Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) said the fight isn\u2019t over to prevent a shutdown of health care for 24 million Americans whose health insurance premiums are about to spike.\n\n\u201cI voted No on a Republican government funding bill because it fails to address what amounts to a shutdown of health care for nearly 500,000 Pennsylvanians who receive a federal tax credit subsidy for coverage they buy through Pennie, the commonwealth\u2019s Affordable Care Act exchange,\u201d Evans said.\n\n\u201cIf your monthly premium spikes to double or more what you\u2019re paying now, that will force a lot of Pennsylvanians to drop coverage to keep their home and keep food on the table. That would be a shutdown of their health care \u2013 and the majority Republicans in Congress should get serious about working with Democrats to prevent it \u2013 NOW!\u201d\n\nEvans also released a short video statement about the bill, which is available here or in the Shorts section of https://www.youtube.com/@repdwightevans\n\n\u201cOpen enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage began on Nov. 1, and many Americans will be hurt by the Republican health-care shutdown if Congress doesn\u2019t act well before Dec. 31. Working Americans need congressional Republicans to act on these health-care tax credits with the same speed they displayed earlier this year, when Republicans rushed a tax cut for the richest into law,\u201d Evans said.\n\n\u201cIn fact, Republicans could have put renewal of the health-care tax credits into the funding bill they are rushing into law now. Senate Democrats offered an amendment for a one-year renewal, and all Democratic senators, including Senator John Fetterman, voted for it. Unfortunately, Republicans, including Senator Dave McCormick, voted it down on party lines, rejecting that opportunity to help more than 400,000 Pennsylvanians keep their health coverage.\n\n\u201cI and my House Democratic colleagues will keep fighting to protect Americans\u2019 health care. Bottom line \u2013 this fight is not over!\u201d\n\nEvans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. He recently announced that his office returned to or saved $4.5 million for constituents in 2024 in cases involving federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. The 2024 figure brings Evans\u2019 office\u2019s total to more than $45.5 million returned to or saved for constituents during his first eight years in Congress.", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://evans.house.gov/media/press-releases/evans-votes-no-health-care-shutdown-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7184470780193806, "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"}