{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221061256/http://bonamici.house.gov/press-release/bonamici-supports-bipartisan-budget-compromise", "Bonamici Supports Bipartisan Budget Compromise", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Suzanne Bonamici", "B001278", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today released the following statement on the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act for fiscal year 2014.\n\u201cToday I voted for a bipartisan budget package that takes a long overdue first step toward rolling back the devastating sequestration cuts that continue to hurt our constituents.\u00a0 Like so many compromises, this package includes policies I don\u2019t support, and leaves out some I do. We must find a way to continue providing jobless benefits to the long-term unemployed, especially as the unfortunate partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C. has inhibited the strong economic recovery that will put Oregonians and Americans back to work. Also I regret that this bill continues the harmful trend of looking to federal employee compensation as a place to save money; it is especially disappointing that this includes some of our retired service members.\u00a0 Federal employees are not the cause of our long-term deficit, and they must stop being used as political pawns.\n\u201cDespite the shortcomings of this deal, it does several important things: it partially repeals sequestration, allows for continued payments to doctors treating Medicare patients, reduces the deficit, and brings two years of certainty to the federal budget process.\u00a0 I hope this is a first step toward a more collaborative budget process and an open dialogue on our shared priorities for federal spending.\u00a0 It is not perfect, and it is not a final solution, but it is a negotiated bipartisan effort that, in the balance, is worthy of support.\u201d\n###", 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/20140221061256/http://bonamici.house.gov/press-release/bonamici-supports-bipartisan-budget-compromise"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.321278978139162, "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"}