{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-s-bipartisan-stop-foreign-funds-in-elections-act-passes-house-committee-on-administration-unanimously", "Golden's Bipartisan Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act Passes House Committee on Administration Unanimously", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, bipartisan legislation led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Administration. The Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act will prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in American elections.\n\n\u201cForeign money has no place in America\u2019s elections,\u201d said Congressman Golden. \u201cWith passage through the House Administration Committee today, we\u2019re one important step closer to keeping our elections in the hands of Americans and getting this common-sense, bipartisan legislation signed into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am incredibly grateful to Chairman Steil and the Committee on House Administration for moving this bipartisan bill forward today,\u201d said Congressman Fitzpatrick. \u201cForeign adversaries have no business influencing American elections on the local, state, or federal level. Our bipartisan legislation will ensure that foreign agents and entities are prohibited from contributing to campaigns for ballot initiatives or referenda in the United States. As this bill further advances to the House Floor, I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense election security measure.\"\n\nRead the text of the bill HERE.", 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://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-s-bipartisan-stop-foreign-funds-in-elections-act-passes-house-committee-on-administration-unanimously"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7281110156327486, "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"}