{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases/schmidt-votes-reopen-federal-government", "Schmidt Votes to Reopen Federal Government", "2026-02-03", "2026", "2026-02", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Derek Schmidt", "S001228", "schmidt.house.gov", "schmidt", "https://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 (February 3, 2026) \u2013 Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-2) today voted in favor of legislation to fund the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, State, and related agencies.\n\nToday\u2019s passage of H.R. 7148, which includes five appropriation bills funding those agencies, will reopen those parts of the federal government that have been shut down since January 31. The House of Representatives today voted 217\u2013214 after the Senate passed the House bill, as amended, last Friday, 71\u201329. The bill was signed into law by President Trump earlier this afternoon.\n\nCongress has now passed 11 of the 12 annual appropriation bills that fund operations of the federal government. That is the most individual appropriation bills enacted in a single year since the 1990s. The one remaining bill under congressional consideration includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security.\n\n\u201cI ran for Congress to help get Washington, D.C., working again as it is supposed to, and part of that means enacting the annual spending bills rather than enormous omnibus spending measures,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cToday\u2019s action is a big step in the right direction. While far from perfect, the eleven appropriation bills enacted so far move overall spending down not up, establish America First priorities rather than Biden-era priorities, and fund vital services like military pay raises, airport security, and national defense.\u201d", 1, "2026-06-18T06:41:00Z", "2026-06-18T06:43:25Z"]], "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://schmidt.house.gov/media/press-releases/schmidt-votes-reopen-federal-government"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4572213403880596, "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"}