{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-introduces-bill-to-bar-lobbyists-from-presidential-transition", "Sarbanes Introduces Bill to Bar Lobbyists from Presidential Transition Teams", "2016-11-16", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "John Sarbanes", "S001168", "sarbanes.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today introduced the No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act (H.R. 6324), a bill to prevent the President-elect and Vice President-elect from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists onto the Presidential transition teams.\nThe bill comes after several public sources reported that President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s transition team includes top special-interest lobbyists from Wall Street and corporate America.\n\u201cOn the campaign trail, President-elect Trump promised to \u2018drain the swamp\u2019 in Washington,\" said Congressman Sarbanes. \u201cBut he\u2019s not living up to that promise by stocking his transition team with corporate lobbyists. This bill is a meaningful step toward reducing the undue influence of wealthy and entrenched special interests in Washington.\u201d\nFor more information about the No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act, see here.\n###", 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://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sarbanes-introduces-bill-to-bar-lobbyists-from-presidential-transition"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.316031139343977, "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"}