{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/democrats-choose-their-leaders", "Democrats choose their leaders", "2018-12-03", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Democrats choose their leaders                                           \n              Dec 3, 2018      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n            \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    As a member of the House Democratic Caucus, I voted in leadership elections this week on behalf of the people of the Mariana Islands. The Caucus chose:\n Nancy Pelosi, California, Speaker of the House\n\tSteny Hoyer, Maryland, House Majority Leader\n\tJames Clyburn, South Carolina, House Majority Whip\n\tBen Ray Lujan, New Mexico, Assistant Democratic Leader\n\tHakeem Jeffries, New York, Caucus Chair\n\tKatherine Clark, Massachusetts, Caucus Vice-Chair\n\tCheri Bustos, Illinois, Congressional Campaign Committee Chair\n\tDavid Cicilline, Rhode Island, Policy and Communications Committee Chairs\n\tMatt Cartwright, Pennsylvania; Debbie Dingell, Michigan; and Ted Lieu, California, Policy and Communications Committee Co-chairs\n\tJamie Raskin, Maryland, Caucus Leadership Representative\n The full House of Representatives will vote for Speaker on January 3, when the 116th Congress convenes. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus also this week elected Joaquin Castro of Texas as our new Chairman. Ruben Gallego, Arizona, will be 1st Vice Chair; Nanette Barragan, California, 2nd Vice Chair; and, Adriano Espaillat, New York,Caucus Whip.", 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/democrats-choose-their-leaders"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0468549337238073, "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"}