{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/736m-unemployment-paid", "$73.6m in unemployment paid", "2020-09-14", "2020", "2020-09", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "$73.6m in unemployment paid                                           \n              Sep 14, 2020      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n            \n    \n  \n    \n        \n            \n        \n      \n    \n    \n    $73,675,365 has been paid to Marianas workers laid off from their jobs due to the coronavirus, according to this week's data from the U.S. Department of Labor. We do not have new information on the number of applications that are still waiting to be processed and paid. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a backlog of 7,133 cases. Labor also reported that $1,526,373 is still available to the Commonwealth government to hire more staff, so the unemployment assistance we included for the Marianas in theCARES Actgets quickly to those in need. They have been waiting now for months and many are desperate for help.", 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://sablan.house.gov/736m-unemployment-paid"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7380200549960136, "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"}