{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mccollum-votes-avert-government-shutdown-0", "Rep. McCollum Votes to Avert Government Shutdown", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Betty McCollum", "M001143", "mccollum.house.gov", "mccollum", "https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 On Friday evening, the U.S. House approved a short-term government funding measure by a vote of 366-34 that will keep the government open through March 14. Following the vote, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement:\n\n\u201cToday is a good day for the American people. By voting in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way to keep the federal government open and working for all Americans, the House of Representatives also rejected a dishonest stunt by billionaire Elon Musk and his most fanatic follower, President-elect Trump, to raise the debt limit to create room for massive tax giveaways to the wealthy.\n\n\u201cIt is with great sadness that Republicans walked away from an earlier bipartisan, bicameral agreement, and removed key provisions from that legislation, including support research for treatment and cures for childhood cancer, protections for Americans\u2019 online privacy, a ban on junk fees, and a provision that would have reduced the cost of prescription drugs. However, the American people do not deserve to suffer the consequences of Republican irresponsibility, and I voted to keep the government open and working for all Americans.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mccollum-votes-avert-government-shutdown-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7790939416736364, "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"}