{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141107191648/http://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=723c1925-9152-4c42-bb89-d8d51b03a0bd", "How to Fix Congress:  Five Steps To Restore Trust, Transparency, And Empowerment", "2014-11-06", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Read the full article  \u00a0  After years of frustration and months of feverish work, the Republican Party has finally won back the U.S. Senate, and with it, undivided control of Congress. But no sooner had Tuesday night\u2019s balloon drops hit the floor than Republicans around the country\u2014and especially in certain offices in Washington, DC\u2014faced that timeless question of election-night winners: Now what?  \u00a0  This is never an easy question to answer, given the requisite balancing act between expectations and realities, politics and substance. And answering it could be especially difficult for the leaders of the new Republican Congress, for two additional reasons.  \u00a0  First, there is the still-strained relationship between the GOP\u2019s Washington establishment and its grassroots conservative base. And second, the party establishment and consultant class chose to de-emphasize Republican policy alternatives during the campaign. So despite that strategy\u2019s apparent success Tuesday night, our new majority cannot claim a sweeping legislative mandate.  \u00a0  But this question needs to be answered, nonetheless. And soon.  \u00a0  As a frequent critic of my party\u2019s strategic timidity\u2014and as incoming chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, whose job it is encourage bolder thinking and action\u2014I thought it incumbent on me to offer some concrete, early, and hopefully constructive suggestions about how the new Republican Congress might be steered toward unity and success.  \u00a0  As the reader will see, the ideas below are not really policy goals. (I have my own ideas about what our party\u2019s reform agenda ought to be, and I will spend most of the next two years advocating them.)  \u00a0  Rather, these are five suggestions to my Republican colleagues to help repair the dysfunctional legislative branch we have inherited, rebuild Congress\u2019s reputation among the American people, and by extension slowly restore the public\u2019s confidence in the Republican Party\u2026  \u00a0  Read the full article", 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/20141107191648/http://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=723c1925-9152-4c42-bb89-d8d51b03a0bd"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8709258399903774, "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"}