{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=926", "LABRADOR HONORED BY FREE-MARKET & CIVIL LIBERTIES THINK TANK", "2014-10-03", "2014", "2014-10", "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\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\tFriday | October 3, 2014\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tDan Popkey \u2013 208-800-1565\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n\r\n\tLABRADOR HONORED BY FREE-MARKET & CIVIL LIBERTIES THINK TANK \r\n\r\n\tCongressman one of 29 with perfect scorecard in the 113th Congress \r\n\r\n\tMERIDIAN\u00a0\u2013 Rep. Ra\u00fal Labrador\u2019s votes on employment and workforce issues have earned him the \u201cChampion of the Worker\u201d award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Founded in 1984, the non-profit group advocates limited government, free enterprise, privacy and individual liberty.\r\n\r\n\tLabrador is among 29 House members, all Republicans, to receive a 100 percent score from CEI on 15 key votes in 2013 and 2014.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cThese lawmakers resisted all of the accounting gimmickry, unfunded government handouts that burden future workers and additional federal mandates that put people\u2019s jobs and economic well-being at risk,\u201d said CEI senior fellow Aloysius Hogan.\r\n\r\n\tCEI scores votes based on increasing employment, creating incentives for workers, growth in workers\u2019 incomes and improving worker freedom.\r\n\r\n\tAmong the key votes \u00a0were measures supporting time-and-a-half compensatory time as payment in lieu of overtime pay and a prohibition of action by the National Labor Relations Board pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of \u201crecess appointments\u201d made by President Obama.\r\n\r\n\tThe NLRB vote on H.R. 1120 was in April 2013 and passed the House, 219-209; but the bill stalled in the Senate. In June 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously held that three of the president\u2019s appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional.\r\n\r\n\t\u201cLimiting the role of government in the workplace is good for employees and their families, stimulates innovation and prosperity and helps cut federal spending,\u201d Labrador said. \u201cI\u2019m pleased to be among a growing number of free-market voices in Congress advancing these values.\u201d\r\n\r\n\tLabrador received the award in mid-September.", 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=926"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8981442078948021, "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"}