{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/11/21/2025-11-sen-johnson-joins-sens-rick-scott-mike-lee-in-resolution-slamming-wasteful-earmark-spending/", "Sen. Johnson Joins Sens. Rick Scott, Mike Lee in Resolution Slamming Wasteful Earmark Spending", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing a resolution opposing reckless spending in Congress.\n\nThis resolution \u201caffirms the need for Congress to reign in overspending to help curb the inflation crisis that is crippling the families of the United States,\u201d the senators wrote.\n\n\u201cAs Senator Tom Coburn used to say, earmarks are the gateway drug to continued massive deficit spending and the mortgaging of our children\u2019s future. Our nation is $38 trillion in debt \u2014 America cannot afford irresponsible spending habits. The root cause of so many of our problems is the size, scope, and cost of the federal government. Eliminating earmarks is a step in the right direction,\u201d Sen. Johnson said.\n\nFull text of the resolution can be foundhere.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T20:01:11Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:22Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/11/21/2025-11-sen-johnson-joins-sens-rick-scott-mike-lee-in-resolution-slamming-wasteful-earmark-spending/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0130391456186771, "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"}