{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-calls-on-democrats-to-stop-prolonging-the-pain-of-the-schumer-shutdown/", "Barrasso Calls on Democrats to Stop Prolonging the Pain of the Schumer Shutdown", "2025-11-06", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cHow much longer are you going to force families to stand in line at food banks and workers to miss paychecks? The Schumer Shutdown can end this week.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor on Day 37 of the Schumer Shutdown as several Senate Democrats begin to admit it is time to reopen the government.\n\nClick HERE to watch Senator Barrasso\u2019s remarks.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks as prepared:\n\n\u201cToday is Day 37 of the Schumer Shutdown. Senate Democrats have broken the record for the longest shutdown in American history.\n\n\u201cDemocrats have already acknowledged the government must reopen. On Face the Nation this Sunday, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, referring to the shutdown, said, \u2018I hope it ends this week.\u2019 Now, there are reports that ten to twelve Senate Democrats are coming forward and saying they\u2019re willing to vote for the clean, bipartisan continuing resolution. It looks like more Democrats are ready to finally do the right thing for the American people and reopen the government.\n\n\u201cMy question to Senate Democrats is simple: why prolong the pain? How much longer are you going to force families to stand in line at food banks and workers to miss paychecks? The Schumer Shutdown can end this week.\n\n\u201cRepublicans are working in good faith to reopen the government. We continue to talk to Senators about ways to get the government open. The only question is when. Remember, it is the Democrats who are keeping the government closed.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-calls-on-democrats-to-stop-prolonging-the-pain-of-the-schumer-shutdown/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6161431558430195, "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"}