{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-named-taxpayers-friend/", "Dr. Rand Paul Named \u2018Taxpayers\u2019 Friend\u2019", "2016-10-24", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) honored U.S. Senator Rand Paul with its 2015 \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award\u201d for his commitment to fiscal responsibility, limited government, and lower taxes in the first session of the 114th Congress.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to speak out for Kentuckians by saying \u2018no\u2019 to deeper debt and higher taxes,\u201d said Dr. Paul. \u201cEvery vote against failed status-quo policies is a vote for more opportunity, more growth, and more prosperity for Kentucky, and I\u2019m pleased to be named a \u2018Taxpayers\u2019 Friend\u2019 by the National Taxpayers Union.\u201d\n\n\u201cWinning the Taxpayers\u2019 Friend Award is no easy feat,\u201d said NTU President Pete Sepp. \u201cIt takes a daily commitment to cast principled votes that put the Americans who pay government\u2019s bills first.\u201d\n\nNTU based its \u201cTaxpayer Score\u201d on 141 Senate and 267 House votes that affected fiscal policy in 2015, with Dr. Paul receiving an \u201cA\u201d rating for his consistent record. Only 57 members of Congress were recognized with the \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award\u201d for 2015.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:04:55Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-named-taxpayers-friend/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2986189685761929, "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"}