{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221103247/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-senate-must-join-house-preserve-key-funding-native-american-programs", "PEARCE: SENATE MUST JOIN HOUSE TO PRESERVE KEY FUNDING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS", "2013-10-14", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "NM", "Steve Pearce", "P000588", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC (October 14, 2013) \u2013 Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce voted for H.J. Res. 80, which provides immediate funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service.\u00a0 This bill is the latest of more than a dozen pieces of legislation passed by the House to reboot vital government functions, which the Senate has failed to pass.\n\u201cToday, the House took action to protect vital programs for over 1.7 million Native Americans,\u201d said Pearce.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a simple, commonsense bill and I call on the Senate to act now to pass this and the other bills passed by the House to protect Americans and restore funding for key government functions.\u00a0 The House is stepping up and taking action on issues that are vital to New Mexico, like today\u2019s vote for Native American programs and Friday\u2019s decision to provide immediate funding for our National Labs. \u00a0I urge the Senate and the President to remember the needs of America\u2019s middle-class, and act now.\u201d\nSo far, in addition to four separate votes to prevent the partial government shutdown, the House has passed with Congressman Pearce\u2019s support the following pieces of legislation to reboot key federal programs.\u00a0 All of the following bipartisan bills have been blocked by the Senate and met with veto threats from the President:\nOctober 2: The House (including 25 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 73, which would provide funding for life-saving pediatric cancer research.\nOctober 2: The House (including 23 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 70, which would reopen national parks, memorials, and monuments.\nOctober 3: The House (including 35 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 72, which would provide immediate funding for veterans\u2019 benefits.\nOctober 3: The House (including 36 Democrats) voted for H.R. 3230, which would make sure that National Guard and Reserve troops receive their paychecks.\nOctober 4: The House (including 23 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 85, which would make sure that FEMA is still able to provide funds for disaster relief.\nOctober 4: The House (including 22 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 75 with Republicans to provide critical benefits and nutrition assistance for low-income women and children.\nOctober 7: The House (including 20 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 77, which provides immediate funding for the FDA to ensure that food and medicine meet safety standards.\nOctober 8: The House (including 23 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 84, which would reopen headstart programs for low-income children.\nOctober 9: The House (including 23 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 90, which would provide immediate funding for the FAA and help ensure air traffic safety.\nOctober 10: The House (including 21 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 79, which provides key funding for our border security personnel.\n\u00a0\nOctober 11: The House (including 21 Democrats) voted for H.J. Res. 76, which provides immediate funding for the National Labs, and would help prevent furloughs at Sandia and Los Alamos.", 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/20140221103247/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-senate-must-join-house-preserve-key-funding-native-american-programs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1818371023982763, "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"}