{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=e48d24cd-71a3-4c3e-828b-b1d1d646c0a1", "Boozman Supports Agreement to End Government Shutdown, Avoid Default", "2013-10-16", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "AR", "John Boozman", "B001236", "www.boozman.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) today said he will vote for a bipartisan bill that ends the government shutdown and avoids default on our nation\u2019s financial obligations.\r\n\u201cThe government shutdown and the debt ceiling are two major issues with very serious impacts. Already, Arkansas\u2019s seniors, veterans, families and businesses are feeling the effects of shutdown. This bipartisan solution ends the unnecessary pains caused by the shutdown and avoids the potentially dramatic hit to the savings and pensions of hardworking Arkansans,\u201d Boozman said. \u201cThis agreement extends through the first of the year which allows us to continue negotiating on debt and deficit reduction while chipping away at Obamacare.\u201d\u00a0\r\nThe agreement reached between the two Senate leaders holds federal spending at the Budget Control Act spending levels for the life of the continuing resolution.\r\n\u201cAs a result of the Budget Control Act, we have curbed the growth in Washington\u2019s spending for the first time in decades. In fact, this is the first time since the end of the Korean War that we have reduced federal spending for two consecutive years. It is imperative that we do not reverse this positive outcome,\u201d Boozman said.\r\nBoozman said the shutdown and the debt ceiling debate underscore the need for Washington to return the budgetary process to regular order.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe requirement for the House and Senate to convene a budget conference to resolve our larger fiscal issues is a step in the right direction to returning to regular order in Washington. We have a budget that can\u2019t be strained any further. Our debt stands at nearly $17 trillion. $6 trillion of that has been added on President Obama\u2019s watch. You can\u2019t take on that much debt and pretend it isn\u2019t a problem,\u201d Boozman said.\r\nFinally, Boozman noted that the agreement included language that requires income verification for recipients of subsidies under Obamacare\u2019s newly-established exchanges.\r\n\u201cThis is no-brainer. Requiring income verification to assure that subsidies for Obamacare are going to right people will help prevent waste, fraud and abuse,\u201d said Boozman, who previously helped U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduce the No Subsidies Without Verification Act in an effort to eliminate Obamacare\u2019s honor system.\r\nSpecifically, the bill would:\r\n\u2022 Keep the government funded, at Budget Control Act spending levels, through January 15, 2014\r\n\u2022 Extend the debt limit until February 7, 2014\r\n\u2022 Require income verification for recipients of subsidies under Obamacare\u2019s newly-established exchanges\r\n\u2022 Provide back-pay for furloughed workers\r\n\u2022 Allow Congress to vote to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase and require President Obama to veto that legislation if it passes in order to raise the debt ceiling.", 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://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=e48d24cd-71a3-4c3e-828b-b1d1d646c0a1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7346640340983868, "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"}