{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221103418/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-house-acted-prevent-shutdown-protect-new-mexico-families", "PEARCE: HOUSE ACTED TO PREVENT SHUTDOWN, PROTECT NEW MEXICO FAMILIES", "2013-09-29", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "NM", "Steve Pearce", "P000588", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC (September 29, 2013) \u2013 Tonight, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce again voted to avert a government shutdown, while also providing Americans and New Mexicans with relief from the ill-conceived and ill-prepared Affordable Care Act.\n\u201cTonight, the House has voted for a second time to prevent a government shutdown, and to protect American families and businesses from a costly and unworkable law,\u201d said Pearce.\u00a0 \u201cThe Senate wasted a full week before taking action on the House\u2019s first vote to prevent a shutdown, and only yesterday voted on a continuing resolution that continues to fund the President\u2019s unworkable and costly healthcare bill.\u00a0 The Administration has already granted a delay for businesses\u2014American families deserve the same treatment.\u00a0 We can all agree that a shutdown would be bad for New Mexico, bad for the middle class, and bad for the country.\u00a0 I urge the Senate to return to work and act quickly.\u00a0 There is still time to join the House and save American families from more unnecessary burdens, confusion, and hardship.\u201d\nLast Friday, Congressman Pearce voted in support of H.J.Res. 59, which funded the government through December 15, 2013, completely defunded Obamacare, and included the Full Faith and Credit Act, guaranteeing that the Treasury will still pay Social Security and disability obligations if the debt ceiling is reached, and preventing the White House from playing politics with those who rely on these payments.\u00a0 The Senate voted to strip key provisions from this bill.\u00a0\nTonight\u2019s legislation will permanently repeal the job-killing 2.3% excise tax on medical devices, delay the implementation of Obamacare for one year to provide families with additional time to plan, \u00a0and continue to fund the government through December 15, 2013.", 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/20140221103418/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-house-acted-prevent-shutdown-protect-new-mexico-families"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9462039452046156, "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"}