{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-appointed-to-budget-conference-committee", "King Appointed to Budget Conference Committee", "2013-10-17", "2013", "2013-10", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "King Appointed to Budget Conference Committee\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tGroup of lawmakers tasked with crafting a long-term budget\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, October 17, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is one of a select few lawmakers who has been appointed to a joint House and Senate budget conference committee charged with developing a long-term budget plan by December 13th.\r\n\u201cI am pleased to be a member of the conference committee, and I look forward to working with my House and Senate colleagues to develop a long-term budget that puts our nation back on a path to fiscal certainty and stability,\u201d Senator King said. \u201cPassing a budget is the most fundamental task of governing, and it\u2019s not been done for far too long. There is no doubt that reconciling the differences will be challenging, but it\u2019s also an invaluable opportunity for us to do some real good for the country and demonstrate to the American people that we still have the ability to govern.\u201d\r\nThe conference committee, which consists of 29 total members between the House and Senate, is a result of last night\u2019s agreement to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling. The committee is tasked with reconciling the differences between the two budgets passed by the Senate and the House earlier this year. Senator King, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, helped to craft the Senate\u2019s budget and has been a vocal proponent of moving to conference.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nU.S. Senate\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Democrats and Independents\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Republicans\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Sen. Patty Murray (WA)\u00a0\r\nSen. Ron Wyden (OR)\u00a0\r\nSen. Bill Nelson (FL)\u00a0\r\nSen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)\u00a0\r\nSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)\u00a0\r\nSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)\u00a0\r\nSen. Mark Warner (VA)\u00a0\r\nSen. Jeff Merkley (OR)\u00a0\r\nSen. Chris Coons (DE)\u00a0\r\nSen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)\u00a0\r\nSen. Tim Kaine (VA)\u00a0\r\nSen. Angus King (I-ME)\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL)\u00a0\r\nSen. Charles Grassley (IA)\u00a0\r\nSen. Mike Enzi (WY)\u00a0\r\nSen. Mike Crapo (ID)\u00a0\r\nSen. Lindsey Graham (SC)\u00a0\r\nSen. Rob Portman (OH)\u00a0\r\nSen. Pat Toomey (PA)\u00a0\r\nSen. Ron Johnson (WI)\u00a0\r\nSen. Kelly Ayotte (NH)\u00a0\r\nSen. Roger Wicker (MS)\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0U.S. House of Representatives\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Democrats\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Republicans\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD)\u00a0\r\nRep. James Clyburn (SC)\u00a0\r\nRep. Nita Lowey (NY)\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0Rep. Paul Ryan (WI)\u00a0\r\nRep. Tom Cole (OK)\u00a0\r\nRep. Tom Price (GA)\u00a0\r\nRep. Diane Black (TN)\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n###", 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.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-appointed-to-budget-conference-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5500937588512897, "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"}