{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=de1ed19f-fceb-4184-880d-28b5988b6b2b", "Enzi says Senate spending deal another empty promise for tomorrow", "2013-10-16", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Michael Enzi", "E000285", "www.enzi.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. - Senate leadership crafted a spending deal today that would open the federal government, but the agreement shuts down an opportunity to take real responsibility now for a debt problem that is only getting worse, according to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\r\n\u201cThis deal\u2019s answer to the debt problem is to spend more.\u00a0That\u2019s not a good answer,\u201d Enzi said.\r\nThe deal reached between Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would raise the debt limit through Feb. 7, 2014 and would fund the federal government through Jan. 15, 2014. The deal would also deliver back pay to furloughed federal workers, require income verification for people seeking health-insurance subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and allow the Treasury Department to use accounting tricks to pay the nation\u2019s bills if Congress doesn\u2019t raise the debt ceiling by Feb. 7.\r\n\u201cI respect the efforts of my colleagues in working to end this government shutdown, however, this deal is yet another promise to work on the problem tomorrow.\u00a0The past tells us that when tomorrow comes, those who refuse to acknowledge our country\u2019s fiscal peril, will insist yet again on ignoring it,\u201d Enzi said.\u00a0 \u201cI understand that telling people the federal government can no longer pay for things they want is tough.\u00a0It\u2019s the hard road, but some of us recognize the answer to our nation\u2019s debt crisis is to prioritize, stop borrowing and not spend more than we have.\u201d\r\nEnzi said the need for an income verification requirement for health care subsidies is an example of how ill-thought-out the health care law was in the first place.\r\n\u201cThat is a positive step, but it\u2019s a drop of water in the desert wasteland of lost jobs, lost free choice and new spending that characterize the health care law. We need to replace this destructive federal takeover of our health care system with positive, patient-centered, incentive-based solutions and look at ways to reduce the cost of care.\u00a0Yes, they exist.\u00a0The president dismissed these ideas and now claims they were never offered, but if he had listened we wouldn\u2019t be in such a bad situation now,\u201d Enzi said.\r\nThe measure must pass both the House and the Senate and be signed by the president before taking effect.\u00a0 The timing for votes is unclear, but the Treasury Department says it will run out of borrowed money Oct. 17.", 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.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=de1ed19f-fceb-4184-880d-28b5988b6b2b"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9655688665807247, "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"}