{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=452", "McAdams votes against big spending in four-bill package", "2020-07-24", "2020", "2020-07", "Democrat", "House", "UT", "Ben McAdams", "M001209", "mcadams.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "McAdams votes against big spending in four-bill package \r\n    \r\n     \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      July 24, 2020\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \r\n      Washington, D.C.--Congressman Ben McAdams voted against a measure totaling $260 billion in federal spending next year. McAdams said the four-bill minibus spending legislation (H.R. 7608) would increase funding for nearly all covered programs compared with last year's fiscal spending levels.\r\nAt a time when we are hitting all-time record monthly deficits, we have to look for ways to tighten our belt, said McAdams. Emergency spending to provide relief for the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis is important and more may soon be needed. Faced with that, just like every Utah family does during a crisis, we must find ways to economize where we can.\r\nMcAdams says the measure also includes numerous unrelated policy riders and raises spending by $48 billion over last year's adopted spending caps, which McAdams opposed last year for adding nearly $2 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years.\r\nThis ongoing spending binge has to be reined in. We are on an unsustainable and reckless fiscal path, said McAdams.", 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://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=452"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.658769091591239, "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"}