{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2023/11/fitzpatrick-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-make-election-day-a-federal-holiday", "Fitzpatrick Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Make Election Day a Federal Holiday", "2023-11-07", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian K. Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", "fitzpatrick", "https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) to designate Election Day as a federal holiday.\n\n\"There is no institution more fundamental to our democracy than our elections,\" said Congressman Fitzpatrick. \"At the beginning of this 118th Congress, I was proud to introduce a comprehensive reform package that includes measures to ensure election integrity, guarantee that only American citizens vote in our elections, and standardize absentee vote counting to produce election results quickly -- and this bill is the next step. Designating Election Day as a federal holiday will give all Americans more flexibility and accessibility to cast their votes.\"\n\n\u201cThe single most important right an American has is the right to vote, but too many Americans still face obstacles when trying to cast their ballot,\u201d said Congresswoman Dingell. \u201cWe must always continue moving forward in the fight to make it easier \u2013 not harder \u2013 for all Americans to exercise this Constitutional right and responsibility. I\u2019m proud to join Rep. Fitzpatrick in this effort to ensure every American has the ability to make their voices heard.\u201d\n\nRead the text of the bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2023/11/fitzpatrick-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-make-election-day-a-federal-holiday"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.802491955459118, "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"}