{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fudge.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1246", "Congresswoman Fudge Votes No on Budget that Fails to Extend Unemployment Assistance", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Marcia Fudge", "F000455", "fudge.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "CONGRESSWOMAN FUDGE VOTED NO ON THE BUDGET AGREEMENT THAT FAILS TO EXTEND EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS\r\n\t\u201cCongress should have used this occasion to tackle the issues challenging our nation, including growing income inequality and a shortage of jobs.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement tonight regarding her vote against the Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 59, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and Pathway for Sustainable Growth in Medicare (SGR) Reform Act of 2013:\r\n\r\n\t\u201cWhile the budget agreement is a slight improvement over current law because it provides temporary relief from across-the-board, automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, the agreement shortchanges federal employees and turns its back on millions of unemployed Americans.\u00a0 The budget agreement calls on future federal employees to bear the brunt of producing budget savings and misses out on a pivotal opportunity to extend federal emergency unemployment assistance. I could not in good conscience vote for this budget knowing that federal employees, the backbone of a functioning government, have already contributed approximately $114 billion over ten years to help reduce the government\u2019s deficit, which includes a three-year pay freeze,\u201d said Congresswoman Fudge.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tUnless reauthorized, unemployment benefits to 1.3 million Americans, including more than 38,000 Ohioans will end on December 28th. \u00a0This cutoff will affect more than 3 million Americans over the next six months.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cAlthough the economy has seen some progress since the 2008 recession, the U.S. still has 1.3 million fewer jobs than when the recession began.\u00a0 In September and October, unemployment increased in Ohio while the national rate decreased.\u00a0\u00a0 Unemployment benefits play a critical role in helping Americans get back on their feet and strengthening our economy.\u00a0 In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has found that unemployment benefits are one of the most effective fiscal policies to increase economic growth and employment.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThe budget process is an opportunity to advance the nation\u2019s priorities.\u00a0 Congress should have used this occasion to tackle the issues challenging our nation, including growing income inequality and a shortage of jobs.\u00a0 Instead my colleagues abandoned many of our unemployed citizens by denying them much needed resources,\u201d said Congresswoman Fudge.\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\t###", 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://fudge.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=1246"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.104163868352771, "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"}