{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=FC0ED232-971F-40BC-B596-F6082E325D32", "Sasse and Full Senate Vote to Move Grasz Nomination Forward", "2017-12-11", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Ben Sasse", "S001197", "www.sasse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Sasse: \u201cSteve is one step closer to the Eighth\u00a0Circuit and Nebraskans are one step closer to having a federal judge who understands that judges don\u2019t invent new laws.\u201d\n \r\nU.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Steve Grasz to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit. A final confirmation vote will happen later this week.\n\u201cSteve is one step closer to the Eighth\u00a0Circuit and Nebraskans are one step closer to having a federal judge who understands that judges don\u2019t invent new laws, they apply existing laws,\u201d said Sasse. \u201cSteve\u2019s humility, integrity, and impressive record won him a majority over efforts to drag his reputation through mud with anonymous allegations. I\u2019m proud of Steve\u2019s hard work and I\u2019m eager for the Senate to move to a final vote this week.\u201d\u00a0\nBackground:\u00a0\nSenator Sasse, Nebraska\u2019s first member of the Senate Judiciary Committee since Gerald Ford was President, has been an outspoken advocate for Steve Grasz nomination since he and Nebraska\u2019s senior Senator, Deb Fischer, made their recommendation to the Administration.\u00a0\nMore on Sasse\u2019s work on the Senate floor and in the Judiciary Committee can be found\u00a0here,\u00a0here, and\u00a0here.", 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.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=FC0ED232-971F-40BC-B596-F6082E325D32"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5159270260483027, "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"}