{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-second-sign-discharge-petition-force-vote-protecting-medicaid-and", "Rep. McBride Second to Sign Discharge Petition to Force Vote on the Protecting Medicaid and SNAP Act", "2025-05-06", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) became the second House Democrat to sign a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act \u2014 legislation that would block any cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs under the House Republican budget plan.\n\n\u201cI just got off the floor of the House, where I became the second Democrat to sign the discharge petition for the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cThis is legislation that would protect Medicaid and SNAP from efforts by Republicans here in Congress to cut them.\u201d\n\nHouse Republicans have already twice voted in favor of budget instructions that would slash Medicaid and food assistance by over $1 trillion, jeopardizing health care and food assistance for millions of Americans.\n\n\u201cHouse Republicans have said they're not going to cut Medicaid and SNAP,\u201d McBride said. \u201cSo if they're serious\u2014if they're really not going to cut health care for 1 in 2 kids in America, 1 in 5 Americans\u2014then why don't they go sign this discharge petition?\u201d\n\nThe Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, led by Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle, would protect families by prohibiting Republicans from weaponizing the reconciliation process to cut benefits or remove individuals from Medicaid and SNAP.\n\nA discharge petition allows members of Congress to bypass House Majority leadership and bring legislation directly to the floor if 218 members sign on.\n\n\u201cThis bill has been bottled up by House Republicans,\u201d McBride added. \u201cBut if they mean what they say\u2014if they\u2019re not going to touch health care for Americans across this country\u2014then they should go sign this discharge petition and put their money where their mouth is.\u201d\n\nIn Delaware alone, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would impact:\n\nOver 249,000 Delawareans covered by Medicaid\n\nNearly 1 in 2 Delaware kids covered by Medicaid\n\n11% of Delawareans who rely on SNAP to afford groceries\n\nRep. McBride has made defending Medicaid one of her top priorities in Congress \u2014 uplifting the stories of Delawareans who rely on it for cancer treatment, disability support, mental health care, and home-based care for seniors.\n\n\u201cThese are programs that keep our communities healthy, safe, and fed,\u201d said McBride. \u201cThey are not bargaining chips. I\u2019ll keep fighting to protect them from political games and broken promises.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-second-sign-discharge-petition-force-vote-protecting-medicaid-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8974270895123482, "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"}