{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015903/http://johnlewis.house.gov/press-release/atlanta-leaders-call-president-obama-withdraw-his-candidates-georgia-northern-district", "ATLANTA LEADERS CALL ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDATES FOR THE GEORGIA NORTHERN DISTRICT BENCH", "2013-12-23", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "John Lewis", "L000287", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "ATLANTA--A broad coalition of elected officials and community leaders will announce their opposition to the slate of candidates nominated last Thursday by the White House to sit on the bench in the Northern District of Georgia at a news conference on Monday, December 23rd.\n\u00a0\nThe news conference will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 449 Auburn\nAvenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, at 11:00 a.m on Monday December 23rd.\n\u00a0\nThe group cites serious concerns that the proposed candidates do not adequately reflect the diversity of the northern district and that the selection process lacked meaningful community\ninput.\u00a0 Additionally, the coalition finds it troubling that several of the nominees include persons\nwho have advocated in favor of Georgia\u2019s voter ID laws and for including the Confederate Battle\nEmblem as part of the Georgia State Flag.\n\u00a0\nThree recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom--Rep. John Lewis, the Rev.\nJoseph Lowery, and the Rev. C.T. Vivian--will speak, as well as U.S. Reps. David Scott and\nHank Johnson.\u00a0 Representatives of the Gate City Bar Association, members of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys, the Atlanta and Georgia Chapters of the NAACP, The Coalition for the People's Agenda, and the SCLC will also be present.\n\u00a0\nFor more information contact Charles Johnson (Charles.johnson@hklaw.com) or Suzy\nOckleberry sockleberry@yahoo.com For Rep. Lewis contact, Brenda Jones\n(brenda.jones@mail.house.gov or 202.226.4673).\n\u00a0\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/20140222015903/http://johnlewis.house.gov/press-release/atlanta-leaders-call-president-obama-withdraw-his-candidates-georgia-northern-district"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3924979139119387, "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"}