{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://steveking.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/king-introduces-substitute-amendment-to-cr", "King Introduces Substitute Amendment to CR", "2016-12-08", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Steve King", "K000362", "steveking.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Steve King released the following statement after introducing his substitute amendment to the Continuing Resolution (CR) that would set the discretionary budget at the $1.04 trillion level and would include the defunding of fourteen major provisions:\n\u201cIt is the obligation of Congress to work towards balancing the budget and to restore its Article I constitutional authority.\u201d said King.\u00a0\u201cMy substitute amendment to the CR would accomplish both by setting the discretionary budget at the $1.04 trillion level, a $30 billion reduction from the current level, and defunding the fourteen following provisions:\n1.\u00a0Defund President Obama\u2019s unconstitutional amnesty programs for illegal aliens, chiefly DACA, DAPA and the Morton memos.\n2. Defund Obamacare in its entirety as if it had never been enacted.\n3.\u00a0Defund the President\u2019s attempt to bring potentially dangerous refugees into the U.S.\n4.\u00a0Defund the President\u2019s unconstitutional agency guidance dealing with trans-gender bathrooms in schools.\n5.\u00a0Defund the Department of Labor\u2019s Overtime Rule.\n6.\u00a0Defund the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s overreaching and invasive Waters Of The United States definition.\n7.\u00a0Defund the Department of Labor\u2019s Fiduciary Rule.\n8.\u00a0Defund the Clean Power Plan Rule.\n9.\u00a0Block any federal funding from going to Planned Parenthood.\n10.\u00a0Defund the President\u2019s Iran Nuclear Deal, one of the most dangerous proposals of our time.\n11.\u00a0Defund any and all executive action that upholds policy products of the COP21 Conference agreement.\n12.\u00a0Defund executive enforcement of the Obergefell Supreme Court decision.\n13.\u00a0Defund Dodd-Frank in its entirety.\n14.\u00a0Defund Internet domain transfer.\nWith an imminent Trump presidency, Congress can finally fulfill the promises we made to our constituents to balance an out of control budget filled with unconstitutional provisions and fight for the American people.\u201d\nTo view the original text of the amendment, click\u00a0here.", 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://steveking.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/king-introduces-substitute-amendment-to-cr"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5484679024666548, "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"}