{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-condemns-more-pocket-rescissions-by-trump-administration/", "Merkley Condemns More Pocket Rescissions by Trump Administration", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "OR", "Jeff Merkley", "M001176", "www.merkley.senate.gov", "merkley", "https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the below statement after President Donald Trump and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russ Vought issued more illegal pocket rescissions, this time clawing back nearly $1 billion in congressionally appropriated funding.\n\n\u201cOnce again, President Trump and Russ Vought have violated the law by sending Congress more illegal pocket rescissions in the dark of night.\n\n\u201cWe have seen this show before. Trump and Vought have a habit of ignoring Congress. That is why I have put forth several amendments that would have prevented the Trump Administration from undermining bipartisan agreements.\n\n\u201cIt is time for my Republican colleagues to finally stand up to the Administration and reaffirm that what Congress passes\u2014and the President signs\u2014is the law of the land, and the funds cannot be clawed back without Congress\u2019 approval. Enough of these Executive Branch power grabs. The law is not a suggestion, and the President is not a king,\u201d said Ranking Member Jeff Merkley.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-26T09:43:57Z", "2026-09-26T09:44:55Z"]], "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.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-condemns-more-pocket-rescissions-by-trump-administration/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.653929241001606, "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"}