{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-articles?ContentRecord_id=42a98998-dcd7-422c-b60b-87b7852c3999", "American lawmakers seek state sanctions against Iran", "2015-12-03", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Marco Rubio", "R000595", "www.rubio.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "News Articles \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHome\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewsroom\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews Articles\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tA bipartisan group of American lawmakers wants the Senate to endorse continued sanctions by state and local governments against Iran, The Hill reported on Wednesday.Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced a resolution that would \"strongly support\" their sanctions against Iran for any terrorism-related activities, human rights violations or other illegal actions, the website said.The resolution also argues that the Iran nuclear deal, reached earlier this year, doesn't prevent a state or local government's ability to enact sanctions against Iran.Dozens of states already passed Iran-related sanctions targeting specific parts of the Iranian economy or companies that do business with the country.The legislation came as the Foreign Relations Committee received a closed-door briefing on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report of a potential military dimension to Tehran's nuclear program.Keep reading here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-articles?ContentRecord_id=42a98998-dcd7-422c-b60b-87b7852c3999"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4558066613972187, "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"}