{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-sen-rand-paul-unveils-special-interactive-waste-report-bracket/", "Sen. Rand Paul Unveils Special Interactive \u2018The Waste Report\u2019 Bracket", "2016-03-15", "2016", "2016-03", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Rand Paul today unveiled a special interactive bracket of \u2018The Waste Report,\u2019 known as the Tournament of Government Waste. The bracket will be comprised of head-to-head lineups of egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government, previously released from Sen. Paul\u2019s \u2018The Waste Report.\u2019\n\nThe interactive tournament bracket, consisting of four rounds over the span of five days, will be featured on Sen. Paul\u2019s official website and Facebook page, and will commence Tuesday, March 15th and conclude Friday, March 18th. Results for the tournament will be counted at midnight at the end of each day and announced the following day. The overall champion of the tournament will be announced on Monday, March 21st.\n\nThe Tournament of Government Waste bracket can be viewed below. To access and participate in \u2018The Waste Report\u2019 tournament on Sen. Paul\u2019s website and Facebook page, click HERE and HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:47:03Z"]], "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-sen-rand-paul-unveils-special-interactive-waste-report-bracket/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6014529392123222, "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"}