{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=b268b23b-6245-4c43-bbf3-add5b3b8d4a6", "How to Fix Congress: Five Steps To Restore Trust, Transparency, And Empowerment", "2014-11-06", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "www.lee.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Read the full article\r\nAfter years of frustration and months of feverish work, the Republican Party has finally won back the U.S. Senate, and with it, undivided control of Congress. But no sooner had Tuesday nights balloon drops hit the floor than Republicans around the countryand especially in certain offices in Washington, DCfaced that timeless question of election-night winners: Now what?\r\nThis is never an easy question to answer, given the requisite balancing act between expectations and realities, politics and substance. And answering it could be especially difficult for the leaders of the new Republican Congress, for two additional reasons.\r\nFirst, there is the still-strained relationship between the GOPs Washington establishment and its grassroots conservative base. And second, the party establishment and consultant class chose to de-emphasize Republican policy alternatives during the campaign. So despite that strategys apparent success Tuesday night, our new majority cannot claim a sweeping legislative mandate.\r\nBut this question needs to be answered, nonetheless. And soon.\r\nAs a frequent critic of my partys strategic timidityand as incoming chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, whose job it is encourage bolder thinking and actionI thought it incumbent on me to offer some concrete, early, and hopefully constructive suggestions about how the new Republican Congress might be steered toward unity and success.\r\nAs the reader will see, the ideas below are not really policy goals. (I have my own ideas about what our partys reform agenda ought to be, and I will spend most of the next two years advocating them.)\r\nRather, these are five suggestions to my Republican colleagues to help repair the dysfunctional legislative branch we have inherited, rebuild Congresss reputation among the American people, and by extension slowly restore the publics confidence in the Republican Party\r\nRead the full article", 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.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=b268b23b-6245-4c43-bbf3-add5b3b8d4a6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.0871399212628603, "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"}