{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140301184937/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=707", "Butterfield's Statement on Agreement to Reopen the Government and Avoid Financial Default", "2013-10-16", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding the passage of a bill to reopen the federal government and avoid financial default:\n\n\t\u201cFor more than two weeks, this nation was held hostage by the political theater of the right-wing faction of Republicans in Congress.\u00a0 This radical minority not only threatened the livelihoods of millions of government employees and their families, but also millions of people across the country.\u00a0 In North Carolina alone, over 1.8 million seniors would not have received their monthly social security check, and 135,000 veterans would not receive their disability compensation had this continued.\n\n\t\u201cTheir extremely reckless behavior even threatened the full faith and credit of the United States and the security of the global economy by once again bringing our nation dangerously close to defaulting for the first time in American history. \u00a0Republicans\u2019 efforts were nothing more than a hollow attempt to score political points at the expense of millions of hardworking Americans.\n\n\t\u201cHowever, Speaker Boehner finally capitulated and allowed for the consideration of a bill that passed both chambers of Congress with significant bipartisan support. \u00a0The agreement that passed tonight immediately reopens the government and provides funding through January 15, 2014.\u00a0 It raises the debt limit through February 7, 2014, and provides back pay to furloughed government employees.\u00a0\n\n\t\u201cThis bill\u2019s passage ends the standoff that brought Washington and the nation to a halt. I sincerely hope Republicans have learned that jeopardizing the prosperity of this nation is both extremely irresponsible and an unacceptable way to govern.\u00a0 Americans and North Carolinians deserve better and will be watching closely when we revisit these issues early next year.\u201d\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 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/20140301184937/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=707"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8751829154789448, "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"}