{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/four-amendments-protecting-our-democracy-act-offered-rep-ocasio-cortez-pass", "Four Amendments to Protecting Our Democracy Act Offered by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Pass the House", "2021-12-09", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez", "O000172", "ocasio-cortez.house.gov", "ocasio-cortez", "https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Democracy Act, which included four amendments offered by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\n\nHer first amendment expands the definition of nepotistic practices to include the executive office of the president. Currently, the definition only applies to federal agencies.\n\nHer second amendment codifies the \u2018Biden Ethics Pledge,\u2019 as laid out in the President\u2019s Executive Order, here. This executive order was unprecedented in its strength and the amendment ensures no future president can revoke it. Rep. Lynch also co-lead this amendment.\n\nThe third amendment would regulate legal defense funds, specifically directing the Office of Government Ethics to promulgate regulations banning certain fundraising practices and outlining transparency requirements for legal expense funds in the executive branch. While legal defense funds are regulated for Members of Congress, they are currently not regulated at all for the executive branch.\n\nHer fourth amendment aims to increase regulation of inaugural committees - imposing disclosure requirements; prohibiting donations from foreign nationals, shadow entities, and corporations; and prohibiting conversion of committee resources for personal use or for personal benefit.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/four-amendments-protecting-our-democracy-act-offered-rep-ocasio-cortez-pass"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.974928192794323, "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"}