{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pingree-remains-house-floor-through-night-democrats-demand-action-gun", "Pingree remains on House floor through the night, as Democrats demand action on gun legislation", "2016-06-23", "2016", "2016-06", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Chellie Pingree", "P000597", "pingree.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "UPDATE: House Democrats ended their sit in after over 24 hours on the House floor, but will not stop demanding action on commonsense laws to prevent gun violence    \n\tCongresswoman Chellie Pingree remained on the floor of the US House of Representatives throughout the night, as Democrats occupied the chamber to demand action on common sense gun legislation.\u00a0Pingree, who began the sit in with Congressman John Lewis and a dozen of her colleagues, had been in the chamber constantly since 9:00 am yesterday morning. \u00a0Democrats when Speaker Paul Ryan suddenly adjourned the House and declared an early start to the July 4th recess a little after 3:00 this morning.  \n\t\u00a0  \n\t\"The Republicans left town in the middle of the night without taking action on common sense gun legislation supported by the vast majority of Americans,\" Pingree said. \u00a0\"The public is demanding action and what House Democrats have been doing is merely an expression of the will of the people. \u00a0It's democracy in action. \u00a0What the Republicans have done is just the opposite of that.\"  \n\t\u00a0  Pingree spoke forcefully yesterday morning on the need to close a loophole that allows people on the Terrorist Watch List or the No Fly List to buy guns\u00a0and was followed by a few of her colleagues. \u00a0When Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis spoke just after 11:00 am, Pingree and about a dozen other Democrats joined him at the front of the House chamber and sat on the floor in protest, demanding a vote on the terrorist loophole bill and another proposal to expand background checks.  \n\t\u00a0  \n\tEarly this morning, Speaker Paul Ryan rushed through bills not related to gun violence. \u00a0Amidst chants of \"no bill, no break,\" Ryan refused to allow debate on the bills before holding a quick series of vote and then adjourning the House until after the 4th of July holiday.  \n\t\u00a0  \n\tPingree was still on the House floor at sunrise this morning, as Democrat leaders vowed to continue the fight when Congress returns next month.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pingree-remains-house-floor-through-night-democrats-demand-action-gun"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6112537812441587, "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"}