{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2025/11/05/icymi-western-montana-news-major-flight-delays-coming-as-shutdown-sets-historic-record/", "ICYMI: Western Montana News: Major Flight Delays Coming as Shutdown Sets Historic Record", "2025-11-05", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. SENATE \u2013 U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke with Western Montana News about the consequences of the Schumer Shutdown. Read highlights from the story below.\n\nDaines: Major Flight Delays Coming as Shutdown Sets Historic Record\n\nWestern Montana News\n\nRoy McKenzie\n\nNovember 4th, 2025\n\nSenator Steve Daines warned Tuesday that major airline disruptions are imminent as what he calls the \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d reached day 35, setting up to break the all-time record for longest closure in American history.\n\nSpeaking exclusively with Western Montana News hours after Democrats blocked the 14th attempt to reopen the government, Daines said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is warning of significant flight delays starting next week.\n\n\u201cSecretary Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation, is warning today there are going to be major flight delays starting next week,\u201d Daines said. \u201cWe\u2019re already starting to see delays in major airports, but this is going to continue to cascade and have a domino effect, and we\u2019re going to see significant disruptions for the flying public next week.\u201d\n\n\u2026During the Tuesday afternoon interview, Daines confirmed the vote count had just increased from 13 to 14 blocked attempts by Senate Democrats.\n\n\u201cWe just moved from 13 attempts to actually 14 a few hours ago. We put the same bill on the floor, and they once again blocked it,\u201d Daines said. \u201cKeep in mind, this is the exact same clean CR that Democrats voted for when Biden was president.\u201d\n\nThe Montana Republican suggested Democrats strategically wanted to maintain the shutdown past Tuesday\u2019s major elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City to motivate their base.\n\n\u201cWe knew they wanted to keep the government shutdown pass today, because you have big elections in Virginia and New Jersey for governor, and then, of course, that big mayor race in New York City, and they want to keep their far left base ginned up and motivated to turnout and vote,\u201d Daines said.\n\nWednesday will mark day 36 of the shutdown, officially setting the record for longest government closure in American history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown that occurred during Trump\u2019s first term.\n\n\u201cEvery day this shutdown drags on, it only gets worse for many Montana families,\u201d Daines said. \u201cIt\u2019s insanity that this shutdown has dragged out into November, ahead of the holiday season.\u201d\n\nThe senator placed responsibility squarely on Senate Democrats: \u201cYou can\u2019t shut the government down and use that as a hostage or leverage when you don\u2019t like a particular outcome or policy from an administration.\u201d\n\nRead the full article HERE.\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.daines.senate.gov/2025/11/05/icymi-western-montana-news-major-flight-delays-coming-as-shutdown-sets-historic-record/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2444369494915009, "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"}