{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/this-week-in-washington-king-highlights-budget-ndaa-judgeship-nomination-and-intel-hearing", "This Week in Washington: King Highlights Budget, NDAA, Judgeship Nomination, and Intel Hearing", "2013-12-19", "2013", "2013-12", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This Week in Washington: King Highlights Budget, NDAA, Judgeship Nomination, and Intel Hearing\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, December 19, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 As part of his ongoing effort to keep people at home apprised of his work in the nation\u2019s capital, U.S. Senator Angus King took a few minutes to share this week\u2019s accomplishments in the Senate.\u00a0\r\nIn his weekly address Senator King discussed:\r\n \r\nPassage of the 2013 Bipartisan Budget Act which sets a spending limit for the current fiscal year, provides partial relief from the sequester, maintains important deficit reductions, and provides the American people with the sense of economic predictability they deserve and need.\r\n \r\n \r\nHis testimony at an open meeting of the Intelligence Committee during which he and other committee members listened to testimony from Ms. Caroline Krass, the President\u2019s nominee to be General Counsel to the CIA.\r\n \r\n \r\nComments made by Senator Collins and himself in support of Justice Jon Levy, of Portland, to\u00a0serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.\r\n \r\n \r\nHis expectations for final passage of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act and its implications for the state of Maine.\r\n \r\nThe full video of Senator King\u2019s recap can be viewed below. Also, a broadcast quality version of the video can be downloaded here.\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/this-week-in-washington-king-highlights-budget-ndaa-judgeship-nomination-and-intel-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.572930021211505, "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"}