{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-passes-manchins-resolution-to-reaffirm-senates-commitment-to-peaceful-transition-of-power", "Senate Passes Manchin's Resolution To Reaffirm Senate's Commitment To Peaceful Transition Of Power", "2020-09-24", "2020", "2020-09", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "September 24, 2020\n\t\t\t Senate Passes Manchin's Resolution To Reaffirm Senate's Commitment To Peaceful Transition Of Power \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC  Today the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) resolution to reaffirm\r\nthe commitment of the U.S. Senate to a peaceful transition of power as called\r\nfor in the Constitution of the United States. This comes after President Donald\r\nTrump refused to commit\r\nto a peaceful transition of power if he loses the\r\nNovember 3rd Presidential election.  It's a shame that we have to come and reaffirm our commitment to\r\nour country, to our constitution, and who we are as a people and how we became\r\na great country, the greatest country on Earth, with the freedoms we all take\r\nfor grantedWhat we are doing with this resolution is saying that basically the\r\nbedrock of democracy is the orderly and peaceful transfer of power when the\r\nPresident transitions out. It should not be a questionWe're in the most\r\ndifficult times right now, and for the President to even address the subject of\r\nmaybe not knowing if he would accept [the election results] or not is beyond\r\nall of our comprehension that this could ever happen in America. We have come through a lot in our country, and we continue to be\r\nchallenged, but I believe to have the leader of the free world talk as if we\r\nare an autocracy, authoritarian versus a democracy, is something that alarmed\r\nme and alarmed a lot of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, even those\r\nquiet as some may be, I know they're alarmedThis is not who we are, and we\r\nmust speak loudly. This is not politics. This is not Republican or Democrat.\r\nMake no mistake. This is basically if you believe, for the sake of the good\r\nLord and all we believe in and our country, this is about maintaining this democracy.\r\nThat's all it's about. Maintaining. And we will defend that, and we have today\r\njust reaffirmed our commitment to the orderly transition of power by the\r\nPresident of the United States, whoever that should be, whenever that might\r\nhappen, that they must have an orderly transfer that we all will defend and\r\nuphold. To read the resolution in full, click\r\nhere.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious 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.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-passes-manchins-resolution-to-reaffirm-senates-commitment-to-peaceful-transition-of-power"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6251099295914173, "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"}