{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/strong-end-democrat-shutdown-its-about-time", "Strong on End of Democrat Shutdown: \u201cIt\u2019s about time\u201d", "2025-11-12", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Dale W. Strong", "S001220", "strong.house.gov", "strong", "https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Dale Strong released the following statement after voting on final passage of the continuing resolution to end the Democrat government shutdown.\n\n\u201cAfter inflicting over 40 days of needless hardship on our military, families, workers, and communities, eight Senate Democrats finally did what Republicans, President Trump, and Americans have been asking from day one: pass a measure to reopen the government,\u201d said Congressman Dale Strong. \u201cIt\u2019s about time.\u201d\n\n\u201cNow that we are finally out of this unnecessary shutdown, we can return to our work on Fiscal Year 2026 bills that eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, and put the American taxpayer first,\u201d Strong continued.\n\nIn addition to extending government funding at current levels through January 30, 2026, H.R. 5371 sends three of twelve full-year Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills to the President\u2019s desk: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThe House passed a clean funding extension on September 19. Senate Democrats rejected it 14 times, dragging the American people into weeks of avoidable dysfunction and political theater. After 40 days, eight Senate Democrats were willing to do the right thing, vote to pass the measure, and put the American people over politics.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/strong-end-democrat-shutdown-its-about-time"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.671581994742155, "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"}