{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131001074753/http://www.vitter.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/vitter-introduces-no-washington-exemption-from-obamacare-to-cr", "Vitter Introduces \u201cNo Washington Exemption from Obamacare\u201d to CR", "2013-09-26", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter Introduces \u201cNo Washington Exemption from Obamacare\u201d to CR\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, September 26, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) filed his No Washington Exemption from Obamacare to the Continuing Resolution today. He also called up the amendment to be approved by unanimous consent, which was objected to by the Senate Democrats.\n\u201cUnless we make a change, Washington insiders will get a special exemption from Obamacare when it goes into effect on October 1,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cIf Democrats in Washington are going to force Obamacare on the rest of America, they need to live by its provisions, too. Maybe then they\u2019d see what a train wreck the law really is \u2014 and exempt all of America from it.\u201d\nClick here for the video of Vitter\u2019s floor speech.\nThe Vitter legislation will require that all Members of Congress, staff, the President, Vice President, and all political appointees in the Administration must purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange without the help of taxpayer-funded subsidies. Vitter was blocked out of offering that amendment to the Energy Efficiency bill for two weeks and is again being blocked out of offering it to the CR this week.", 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://web.archive.org/web/20131001074753/http://www.vitter.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/vitter-introduces-no-washington-exemption-from-obamacare-to-cr"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0060621425509453, "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"}