{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/47-48-49-more-mccaskill-town-halls", "47, 48, 49… More McCaskill Town Halls", "2017-11-17", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "47, 48, 49\u2026 More McCaskill Town Halls \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator, who has already held 46 town halls across Missouri this year, hosting more \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, November 17, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMISSOURI \u2013 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill\u2014who has hosted more than 45 public, in-person town halls throughout Missouri just this year\u2014will hold more town halls in the coming days with stops in Jasper County, Texas County, and Howell County.\r\n\u201cThe Missourians who show up to my town halls don\u2019t always agree with me,\u201d said McCaskill, who has hosted more public town halls in her time as Senator than the rest of Missouri\u2019s Congressional delegation combined. \u201cThey may support some of my work, or they may think I should be focused on other areas. What\u2019s important above all is that I show up, that I listen to them, and that what they tell me fuels the fights I wage for them in the Senate. I\u2019m not scared of tough, candid conversations, because these town halls make me a better fighter for the state I love.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill has hosted forty-six public town hall forums on previous tours across Missouri this year. In 2009 during debate over the Affordable Care Act\u2014at a time of heightened demonstrations against the legislation\u2014McCaskill held a series of highly publicized town halls, including in traditionally conservative areas of Missouri, to hear directly from Missourians about their concerns and respond to criticisms.\r\nIn 2014, McCaskill logged more than 1,000 miles around the state on her \u201cMcCaskill on Main Street\u201d series of public town halls. McCaskill has also toured the state with town halls aimed at military veterans and seniors\u2014and has hosted individual town halls, such as one she hosted last year with then-U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack focused on the opioid epidemic.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\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/news-releases/47-48-49-more-mccaskill-town-halls"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 6.432460155338049, "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"}