{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-summer-lee-joins-colleagues-on-resolution-to-reconvene-house-end-republican-shutdown", "Rep. Summer Lee Joins Colleagues on Resolution to Reconvene House, End Republican Shutdown", "2025-11-07", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Summer L. Lee", "L000602", "summerlee.house.gov", "summerlee", "https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "PITTSBURGH, PA \u2013 NOVEMBER 7, 2025 \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) joined Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced a resolution to change House rules that have allowed Speaker Johnson and Republican leadership to indefinitely recess the House during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Reopening the People\u2019s House Resolution would allow a majority of Members of Congress to end a district work period. Currently, the Speaker of the House has unilateral authority to keep the House in recess.\n\n\u201cWe are in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and House Republicans have shamelessly walked away from doing their jobs. It\u2019s long past time for Republicans to come back to the negotiating table to avert a healthcare crisis and alleviate the pain from millions across the country. Folks are hurting. SNAP benefits have been withheld by the Trump administration, federal workers are going without paychecks, and flights have been cancelled because of public safety risks\u2014to say the least,\u201d said Rep. Lee. \u201cOur country needs the government to do better. We can and must be responsive to their calls.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time for Republicans to end their vacation and reopen the People\u2019s House. While more than one million workers go without pay during this shutdown, the House hasn\u2019t even voted since September 19th,\u201d said Rep. Larson. \u201cIt is beyond parody to watch Members of Congress get paid to take a vacation while they demand Capitol Police, Air Traffic Controllers, and doctors and nurses to show up to work and not receive a paycheck. Democrats have been in Washington, ready to reopen government and end Donald Trump\u2019s health care crisis. Even Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene want to act, but Speaker Johnson is wielding his gavel to prevent us from doing our jobs. The People\u2019s House is supposed to be governed of, by, and for the people, not one man acting at the behest of a president. That is why, today, I am leading my colleagues with a new plan \u2013 to change the rules so we can end this shutdown vacation and address the people\u2019s business.\u201d\n\nIn addition to Rep. Lee, the \u201cReopening the People\u2019s House Resolution,\u201d led by Rep. Larson, is cosponsored by Reps. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Al Green (TX-09), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Ed Case (HI-01), Tim Kennedy (NY-26), and Dina Titus (NV-01).\n\nFull text of the resolution is available HERE.", 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://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-summer-lee-joins-colleagues-on-resolution-to-reconvene-house-end-republican-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9359708055853844, "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"}