{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/2025/9/rep-sewell-votes-against-republicans-partisan-fiscal-year-2026-national-defense-authorization-act", "Rep. Sewell Votes Against Republicans\u2019 Partisan Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act", "2025-09-10", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri A. Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", "sewell", "https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) voted against House Republicans\u2019 partisan Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).\n\n\u201cFor more than six decades, Republicans and Democrats came together to pass a bipartisan defense funding bill. We agreed that our national security is too important for political games,\u201d said Rep. Sewell.\u201cI am disappointed that Republicans have once again abandoned that tradition. Rather than focusing on strengthening our national security and supporting our troops, their bill includes a wish list of divisive, partisan provisions. Moreover, the bill does nothing to rein in President Trump\u2019s use of the U.S. military against our own citizens or his purge of senior military leaders. I cannot vote for a bill that would rubber stamp this President\u2019s dangerous efforts to politicize our Armed Forces, especially as America faces growing threats around the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am hopeful that these partisan provisions will be stripped during Senate negotiations so that I can vote for a strong, bipartisan defense bill,\u201d continued Sewell.\n\nPassed annually by Congress since 1961, the NDAA authorizes funding levels for the Department of Defense (DoD) and allows the Armed Forces to pay, train, and equip U.S. service members, support America\u2019s allies around the world, and carry out essential national security operations.\n\nThis week, rather than moving forward with the bipartisan version of the bill advanced by the House Armed Services Committee, House Speaker Mike Johnson caved to the most extreme members of his party, allowing them to poison the NDAA by forcing through partisan amendments.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://sewell.house.gov/2025/9/rep-sewell-votes-against-republicans-partisan-fiscal-year-2026-national-defense-authorization-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8954303339123726, "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"}