{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-leads-legislation-secure-american-elections", "Newhouse Leads Legislation to Secure American Elections", "2023-07-19", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Last week, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) helped introduce the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act alongside House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil (R-WI). The bill equips states with election integrity tools and protects political speech.\n\n\u201cOur democracy relies on safe and fair elections, and we must take every step necessary to restore voter confidence and participation,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cThe American Confidence in Elections Act is the most conservative, transformative election integrity bill in the House in over 20 years, and I am proud to support it. Providing our states with the tools to improve voter confidence will help restore government by the people, for the people.\u201d\n\nRead the full text of the bill here.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act is a federalist approach to boost voter confidence and encourage states to implement common-sense election integrity reforms by removing federal policies that stand in their way. Some of the most important provisions include:\n\nGiving state and county election officials access to the Social Security death list so they can keep their voter rolls maintained.\n\nMaking it easier for states to use REAL ID to confirm citizenship.\n\nProhibiting federal funds from going to places that allow non-citizens to vote and stops non-citizens from voting in D.C.\n\nSupporting military voters overseas and ensures their ballots are counted in time.\n\nProtecting free speech and donor privacy.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-leads-legislation-secure-american-elections"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9257928468286991, "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"}