{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://wittman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-wittman-receives-grade-a-bridge-grade", "Congressman Wittman Receives Grade \u201cA\u201d Bridge Grade", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Robert J. Wittman", "W000804", "wittman.house.gov", "wittman", "https://wittman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) celebrated earning a Grade \u201cA\u201d rating from Bridge Grades. This award recognizes legislators who put people over party and embrace the spirit of bipartisanship and collaboration.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m honored to receive an \u2018A\u2019 grade from Bridge Grades for my work in Congress,\u201d said Rep. Wittman. \u201cThis award recognizes legislators for pragmatic, bipartisan work. Serving Virginia\u2019s First District means putting people above party politics and working with my colleagues to find common ground. I\u2019ll continue working across the aisle to deliver results for Virginia and put the interests of my constituents first. Thank you to Bridge Grades for this recognition.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nBridge Grades scores members of Congress on how collaboratively or divisively they govern compared to their peers.\n\nThey use non-partisan 3rd party data sources to sort legislative \u201cbridgers\u201d from \u201cdividers\u201d.\n\nBridgers build win-win consensus solutions through collaboration and coalitions for the benefit of cross-partisan interests\n\nDividers pursue zero-sum game governance, engage in personal attacks, and demonstrate predictably partisan legislative records\n\nTheir systems compile multiple trusted 3rd-party data sources into a blended 0-100 index (the \u201cBridge Score\u201d). They use data that measures what a person does (legislative record: authoring and sponsoring cross-partisan bills) and what a person says (rhetoric: public statements, speeches, social media).", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"]], "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://wittman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-wittman-receives-grade-a-bridge-grade"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6953740958124399, "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"}