{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/senate-women-strike-up-friendships-with-bipartisan-bowling", "Senate Women Strike Up Friendships With Bipartisan Bowling", "2015-11-18", "2015", "2015-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senate Women Strike Up Friendships With Bipartisan Bowling \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                Wednesday, November 18, 2015\r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            \r\n                  \r\n                    By:\r\n                    Bridget Bowman\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Hurling a heavy ball and hearing the crash of of the impact as you hit your target could be cathartic after a long workday, but it can also be a lot of fun.\r\nThe women of the Senate took part in some bipartisan bowling at the White House Tuesday night, hoping to strikeup more camaraderie. And, by all accounts, there were plenty of laughs to spare.\r\nI havent bowled in more than 20 years! Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, toldSen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., as the two greeted each other at the top of the escalator in the Senate basement Wednesday morning. After a few laughs, they parted in opposite directions.\r\nHeitkamp organized the excursion to thebowling alley in the basement of the White House as part of the womens quarterly bipartisan meetings. A different senator is tasked with hosting each event, and Heitkamps turn was Tuesday, so she decided to do something a little different.\r\nI wanted to plan a fun dinner, and what could be more American than bowling  with bowling shirts included? Heitkamp said in a statement to HOH. Some of the women were better bowlers than others  I wont name names  but everyone couldnt stop smiling all night. Thats the kind of bipartisan camaraderie we need in the Senate.\r\nHeitkamp also organized custom bowling shirts for the participants, blue for the Democrats and red for the Republicans. Each senator also had a nickname on their shirt. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was dubbed theEx-Im Queen, a nod to her support for the Export-Import Bank, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., was labeledNext Door Amy.\r\nDemocratic Wisconsinite Tammy Baldwin was deemed Cheesehead Baldwin.\r\nI always look forward to the bipartisan womens get-togethers. Typically we go and have dinner together, Baldwin told HOH. This was fun to do something a little different. And Ireally think it is very productive for the smooth working of the Senate.\r\nWe didnt really keep score, Baldwin said, noting the senators bowled for one another if someone wasnt ready when it was their turn. We were just having fun, she added.\r\nSen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., tweeted a picture of the smiling senators, which showed 15of the 20 female senators attended: 10Democrats and five Republicans. At one point Tuesday night, the hashtag bipartisanbowlingattheWH was trending in D.C.\r\nThe dean of the femalesenators, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., who hosted a power workshop for the women during new member orientation, went straight to the point when asked about the bipartisan bowling event.\r\nWe had a lot of fun, she said.\r\n            \r\n             \r\n            \r\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\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 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.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/senate-women-strike-up-friendships-with-bipartisan-bowling"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9227567352354527, "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"}