{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=1014", "The New Yorker Magazine Explores Labrador's Role in Reforming the House", "2015-12-10", "2015", "2015-12", "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\tThursday | Dec. 10, 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\t\r\n\r\n\tIN CASE YOU MISSED IT:\r\n\r\n\tTHE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE EXPLORES LABRADORS ROLE IN REFORMING THE HOUSE \r\n\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\tWASHINGTON, D.C.  Rep. Ral Labrador, R-Idaho, is featured prominently in a story in The New Yorker profiling the role of the House Freedom Caucus in changing House leadership and efforts to reform the institution.\r\n\r\n\tThe 6,000-word article, A House Divided, is authored by the magazines Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza and appears in the Dec. 14 edition. Lizza recounts the founding of the Freedom Caucus by Labrador and eight colleagues and the groups push to restrain federal spending and advance other conservative causes. The article describes Labrador as the public face and strategist for the Freedom Caucus.\r\n\r\n\tExcerpts:\r\n\r\n\t The innovation that Labrador and his colleagues brought to the Republican conference was a willingness to use tactics that Boehner and his allies saw as beyond the pale. We dont want a shutdown, we dont want a default on the debt, but when the other side knows that youre unwilling to do it you will always lose, Labrador said. In his view, Boehner dangerously misunderstood Obama and had an outdated view of political combat in Washington. You have somebody in the White House who plays hardball, Labrador said. He wants to fundamentally change America. And when you have a guy whose only job is to govern, and doesnt realize that the other guy is trying to fundamentally change America, you just dont have an even match.\r\n\r\n\t You have two choices, Mr. Speaker, Labrador told Boehner. Either you change the way youre running this place, which you have been unwilling to do, or you step down.\r\n\r\n\tThe next morning, Boehner announced that he would retire. It is clear to me now that many of the members of this conference want a change, he told his colleagues at a private meeting, and want new leadership to guide through the rough shores ahead.\r\n\r\n\tTo read the entire article, click here.", 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=1014"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8566891774535179, "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"}