{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=6F4FA2FD-FE12-4ED0-B2E9-43F0BFF350D1", "Congressman Rogers Calls on Washington Democrats to Put the American People First", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution on September 19, 2025 to keep the federal government open with a simple seven-week extension, giving Congress more time to finalize federal funding for fiscal year 2026. Senate Democrats voted down the bill, demanding nearly $1.5 trillion in reckless spending and free healthcare for illegal immigrants. Without a stopgap funding bill, the federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.\n\n\u201cThe House did its part to keep the government open. I voted for the extension, first and foremost, on behalf of our military servicemembers who will not be paid until the shutdown ends. Political games have no place when it comes to taking care of our American heroes,\u201d said Congressman Rogers. \u201cWashington Democrats voted for the same short-term extension 13 times during the Biden Administration, but now they want to trade it for free healthcare for illegal aliens and nearly $1.5 trillion in reckless spending. Their vote to shut down the government is absurd. The American people deserve better.\u201d\n\nCongressman Rogers added a Government Shutdown Guide on his website to help constituents understand the facts about what will be impacted by the shutdown, and mandatory benefits that will continue despite the gap in discretionary funding. Click here to see Congressman Rogers\u2019 Government Shutdown Guide.\n\nWashington Democrats\u2019 counterproposal includes:\n\n$1.5 trillion spending increase\n\nFree healthcare for illegal immigrants\n\n$50 billion cut in rural healthcare investments\n\nBillions in funding for DEI and climate projects in foreign countries\n\nClick here to read the Continuing Resolution passed by the House on September 19, 2025.\n\nFor more information about Congressman Rogers\u2019 work in Washington and at home in Kentucky, visit halrogers.house.gov and follow him on social media.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=6F4FA2FD-FE12-4ED0-B2E9-43F0BFF350D1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7727728225290775, "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"}