{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=B31560E8-E6BB-4948-BB0B-9CE19A65C518", "McConnell: Democrats\u2019 Latest Attempt to Federalize Elections Will Fail", "2021-11-03", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding voting laws:\n\n\u201cThis has become an almost-weekly routine: My friends on the other side trying to give Washington unprecedented power over how Americans vote. We don\u2019t have an NDAA or an appropriations process, but we always have time for these stunts.\n\n\u201cIn many of these bills, congressional Democrats propose to make themselves into a national Board of Elections. Today there\u2019s a small difference: They want instead to hand that power to Attorney General Garland. Different branch of government; same bad idea.\n\n\u201cI just want to add one observation from last night. Governors\u2019 races and state legislative seats weren\u2019t the only things on the ballot.\n\n\u201cYesterday, the deep blue state of New York had two of Democrats\u2019 signature proposals for weaker elections on the ballot as ballot measures. Citizens got to vote on whether to open the door to two changes that politicians wanted: Same-day registration and no-excuse absentees.\n\n\u201cAnd as of the latest tally a few minutes ago, both proposals are losing. They are currently both losing about 60-40. Even in deep blue New York, citizens appear to be rejecting Democrats\u2019 demands for weaker elections.\n\n\u201cSo I think there\u2019s only one question left: Where will the Mets and the Yankees end up now? Surely Major League Baseball can\u2019t let them stay in New York after this.\n\n\u201cI urge a \u2018no\u2019 vote and I yield the floor.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=B31560E8-E6BB-4948-BB0B-9CE19A65C518"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6293558292090893, "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"}