{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/update-in-secret-meeting-us-house-republicans-nearly-approve-then_withdraw-plan-to-bring-back-earmarks-for-politicians-pet-projects", "UPDATE: In Secret Meeting, U.S. House Republicans Nearly Approve, Then  Withdraw, Plan to Bring Back Earmarks for Politicians’ Pet Projects", "2016-11-16", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "UPDATE: In Secret Meeting, U.S. House Republicans Nearly Approve, Then  Withdraw, Plan to Bring Back Earmarks for Politicians\u2019 Pet Projects \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t McCaskill: \u2018This doesn\u2019t look much like draining the swamp\u2019 \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, November 16, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 Hours after being called out publicly by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and members of the media, U.S. House Republicans nearly approved\u2014then withdrew for further consideration next year\u2014a plan to bring back congressional earmarks in a closed-door meeting, according to reports. McCaskill, the Senate\u2019s leading Democratic opponent of earmarks who had called on Missouri\u2019s U.S. House delegation and all House Republicans to reject such a vote, released the following statement:\r\n\u201cThis doesn\u2019t look much like \u2018draining the swamp.\u2019 Every Republican in the U.S. House should have to answer for why they thought this was a good idea in the first place.\u201d\r\nFurther details on today\u2019s developments are available in McCaskill\u2019s earlier press release, here.\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/update-in-secret-meeting-us-house-republicans-nearly-approve-then_withdraw-plan-to-bring-back-earmarks-for-politicians-pet-projects"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.723183784633875, "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"}