{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/credit-card-rates-are-going-up-and-may-keep-rising", "Credit-Card Rates Are Going Up and May Keep Rising", "2016-12-16", "2016", "2016-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Credit-Card Rates Are Going Up and May Keep Rising\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By:\u00a0 By PETER RUDEGEAIR and  ANNAMARIA ANDRIOTIS \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tFriday, December 16, 2016\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tCredit-card companies have been spending huge sums to woo consumers with perks and rewards. Now, cardholders are about to be reminded that lenders can dish out higher costs, too.\r\nThe annual percentage rates on millions of credit-card accounts are set to rise following the Federal Reserve\u2019s decision\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0toincrease its target short-term interest rate.\r\nBorrowers can expect the quarter-point rate increase to pass through to their card balances within the next two billing cycles, saidGreg McBride,\u00a0chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, a firm that tracks credit-card rates.\r\nContinue 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.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/credit-card-rates-are-going-up-and-may-keep-rising"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6993433237075806, "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"}