{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-votes-against-politicians-act", "Guest Votes Against \u201cFor the Politicians Act\u201d", "2021-03-03", "2021", "2021-03", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Michael Guest", "G000591", "guest.house.gov", "guest", "https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) voted against H.R. 1 \u2013 For the People Act of 2021. The legislation is targeted primarily at election reform and is similar to the bill by the same name introduced in the 116th Congress. Congressman Guest released the following statement after the legislation passed 220-210.\n\n\"Free speech and fair elections are the bedrock of our Republic, but this bill targets those ideals as hostile. It reforms the Federal Election Commission in a way that would grant a small, partisan group the ability to limit free speech. This bill also repurposes public funding dollars to support attack ads by matching political donations with Federal funds. As Americans call for a reduction in divisive political rhetoric, Democrats have proposed subsidizing divisive campaign ads across the nation.\"\n\nCongressman Guest also criticized the measures in the bill to federalize elections.\n\n\"What's best for California and New York is not always best for the rest of the country. The designers of our great Republic understood this reality when they created our Constitution. Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution gives states\u2014 not Congress, not the Executive Branch, not the judiciary\u2014the authority over elections.\n\nH.R. 1 should be seen as nothing less than a federal takeover of elections. This bill would undermine the integrity of our elections by codifying many of the voting changes implemented during the pandemic.\n\nHouse Democrats have entitled H.R. 1 the \u2018For the People Act of 2021,' but not one of the provisions in this bill is for the people. All I see is a bill designed to protect certain politicians in Washington, D.C. It would more appropriately titled the \u2018For the Politicians Act.'\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:33:37Z"]], "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://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-votes-against-politicians-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9259511716663837, "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"}