{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-reintroduces-default-prevention-act/", "Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces the Default Prevention Act", "2019-02-28", "2019", "2019-02", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nFebruary 28, 2019\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced his Default Prevention Act, which prevents a default whenever the United States has reached the national debt limit and prioritizes spending as revenue comes in.\n\nAs part of the budget-busting spending deal reached by leaders of both parties in February 2018, Congress again kicked the can down the road, suspending the debt limit until March 2019. This Saturday, March 2, our government will hit the reinstituted ceiling, as trillion-dollar deficits loom and less than a month after the national debt crossed the $22 trillion mark.\n\n\u201cOnce again, Washington\u2019s bipartisan spending addiction has been exposed. Despite the debt\u2019s added burdens on Americans and clear threat to our national security, politicians will attempt to use the threat of default to dodge accountability and a legitimate debate on fiscal responsibility. My plan removes that excuse while ensuring we honor our obligations,\u201d said Dr. Paul.\n\nWhile our government will rely on the U.S. Treasury to use budgeting gimmicks to further delay action until later in the year, Congress still faces a choice: either rein in its out-of-control spending or continue digging the American people deeper into debt.\n\nDr. Paul\u2019s Default Prevention Act offers a responsible way forward for the debt ceiling debate.\n\nThe legislation:\n\n\u2022 Gives debt service, military pay and benefits, Social Security, Medicare payments, and Veterans\u2019 Benefits priority over other spending as revenue comes in.\n\n\u2022 Allows the U.S. Treasury to obtain temporary bridge loans (30 days or less) solely to meet these obligations if daily revenue is insufficient at the time payments are due. This ensures payments are made on time while preventing the net debt position of the United States from exceeding the statutory debt limit on a month-to-month basis.\n\nYou can read the entire bill below:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:17:04Z"]], "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-reintroduces-default-prevention-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3173099141567945, "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"}