{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=1002", "ICYMI: Noted scholar says Freedom Caucus keeping faith with voters to reform Congress", "2015-11-03", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Ra\u00fal Labrador", "L000573", "labrador.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tFOR MORE INFORMATION:\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tTuesday | Nov. 3, 2015\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tDan Popkey  208-800-1565\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\tIN CASE YOU MISSED IT:\r\n\r\n\tNoted scholar says Freedom Caucus keeping faith with voters to reform Congress\r\n\r\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C.  Ross K. Baker, a congressional scholar at Rutgers, provides clear-eyed analysis of the goals of the House Freedom Caucus: ending \"the stench of backroom deals, secrecy and insider dealings\" on Capitol Hill.\r\n\r\n\t\"The rebels who dethroned (Speaker John) Boehner campaigned openly to end business as usual in Washington,\" writes Baker in a column in USA Today. \"We can hardly object when they keep faith with the voters who sent them to Congress.\"\r\n\r\n\tBaker has written extensively about Congress and has a forthcoming book, \"Is Bipartisanship Dead?\" A member of the Board of Contributors at USA Today, Baker has worked for Sens. Frank Church of Idaho, Walter Mondale of Minnesota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Patrick Leahy of Vermont. He is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio and has twice been Scholar-in-Residence in the Office of the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate.\r\n\r\n\tRead Baker's column in USA Today and learn more about Baker.", 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://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=1002"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7534592188894749, "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"}