{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases/feenstra-votes-end-democrat-shutdown-and-reopen-government", "Feenstra Votes to End Democrat Shutdown and Reopen Government", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Randy Feenstra", "F000446", "feenstra.house.gov", "feenstra", "https://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted to end the Democrat shutdown and reopen the federal government.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that Democrats kept the government shut down all to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants and spend $1.5 trillion we don\u2019t have. They forced our troops, border patrol agents, and Air Traffic Controllers to work without pay and hurt our farmers during harvest season to push their out-of-touch agenda,\u201d said Rep. Feenstra. \u201cI voted to end the Democrat shutdown and reopen the government to pay our troops, feed needy families, fully staff our FSA offices, and restore order to our nation\u2019s airports. This political stunt by the Democrats caused unnecessary harm to Iowa families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses \u2014 and I\u2019m glad it\u2019s finally over.\u201d\n\nThis legislation also includes funding for necessary and commonsense programs to support Iowa farmers and producers that Feenstra has long supported and led in Congress, such as:\n\nFunding for critical operations at the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).\n\nAdditional resources to track and monitor foreign-owned farmland as supported in Feenstra\u2019s FARMLAND Act.\n\nFunding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to support behavioral and brain health for farmers as supported in Feenstra\u2019s Farmers First Act.\n\nFunding for investments in agricultural research as supported through Feenstra\u2019s Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases/feenstra-votes-end-democrat-shutdown-and-reopen-government"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6958629712462425, "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"}