{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140912000633/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/icymi-vitter-pushes-reform-legislation-on-senate-floor", "ICYMI: Vitter Pushes Reform Legislation on Senate Floor", "2014-09-11", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "ICYMI: Vitter Pushes Reform Legislation on Senate Floor\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, September 11, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tAs Senate Democrats continue to push their legislation to amend the Constitution and limit rights protected under the First Amendment, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today spoke on the Senate floor on reform legislation he\u2019s pushing. Vitter introduced his \u201cNo Washington Exemption from Obamacare\u201d legislation as an amendment to the Senate Democrats\u2019 proposal, S.J. Res. 19, which would require all Members of Congress, all Congressional staff, the President, Vice-President, and all political appointees within the administration to purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange and receive the same amount of financial support from tax credits or subsidies as any American would outside of Washington. He also spoke in support of establishing term limits in Congress.\n\u201cAmericans of all backgrounds think that Washington is on a different planet, and Members of Congress just don\u2019t get it,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cWe need to get back to the best traditions of our democracy \u2013 including electing citizen legislators and making sure that legislators don\u2019t put themselves into a separate ruling class.\u201d\nClick here to watch Vitter\u2019s remarks today.\nVitter has fought to get a vote on his legislation since introducing it in May of 2013, and most recently in July; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has blocked each of his attempts. Vitter also introduced his legislation in April as an amendment to legislation, but Reid pulled the bill from the floor before it could get a vote. However, Reid did agree to give Vitter a vote in the future.\nVitter is also the lead author of legislation to establish term limits for members of Congress. His legislation would create a constitutional amendment that limits Senators and Congressmen to three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two in the U.S. Senate.", 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/20140912000633/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/icymi-vitter-pushes-reform-legislation-on-senate-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.624660100787878, "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"}