{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-refuses-paycheck-while-troops-work-without-pay-during-schumer", "Rep. Nancy Mace Refuses Paycheck While Troops Work Without Pay During Schumer Shutdown", "2025-10-01", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Nancy Mace", "M000194", "mace.house.gov", "mace", "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025) \u2013 Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) announced she will not accept her congressional salary until government funding is restored and the Schumer Shutdown, caused by Senate Democrats\u2019 reckless obstruction, has ended.\n\nOn September 19, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, a clean continuing resolution to keep the government open through November 21. Rep. Mace voted in favor, along with 216 of her colleagues. Nearly every House Democrat voted no, and Senate Democrats blocked it, deliberately causing the government to shut down at midnight.\n\n\u201cChuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are holding the government hostage, demanding $1.5 trillion in reckless spending and partisan handouts like free healthcare for illegal immigrants, all paid for by the American people,\u201d said Congresswoman Mace. \u201cThey don\u2019t care if our troops go unpaid or if families suffer. Democrats would rather shut down the government to bankroll their far-left agenda and buy votes with handouts.\u201d\n\nMace emphasized her decision to reject her congressional salary until the shutdown is resolved:\n\n\u201cIf our servicemembers are forced to work without pay, then Congress has no business cashing checks either,\u201d Mace added. \u201cI will not accept my salary until this Schumer Shutdown ends and our troops get the pay they\u2019ve earned.\u201d\n\nRep. Mace is calling on Senate Democrats to stop the brinkmanship and pass a clean bill now to reopen the government immediately instead of playing politics with Americans\u2019 lives.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-refuses-paycheck-while-troops-work-without-pay-during-schumer"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6758430283516645, "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"}