{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/mccaul-slams-democrats-lame-duck-spending-spree", "McCaul Slams Democrats\u2019 Lame-Duck Spending Spree", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Michael T. McCaul", "M001157", "mccaul.house.gov", "mccaul", "https://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement after voting \u2018no\u2019 on the Democrats\u2019 $1.7 trillion lame-duck spending spree.\n\n\u201cLast month, Americans voted for a Republican House majority to keep the Biden administration in check. Yet in the final hours of their one-party rule, Democrats rammed through 4,155 pages that will fund their failing agenda for another year.\n\n\u201cWhile families struggle to afford food and gifts this holiday season, Democrats are spending $1.7 trillion on their own Christmas wish list, which includes a ridiculous $410 million for border security in the Middle East \u2014 and zero additional dollars for border security in Texas.\n\n\u201cI look forward to working with House Republicans in the new year to stop President Biden\u2019s radical agenda, secure our border, and bring back the economy Americans deserve.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/mccaul-slams-democrats-lame-duck-spending-spree"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5515428967773914, "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"}