{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/10/23/slotkin-45-senate-democrats-urge-president-trump-to-continue-to-oppose-west-bank-annexation/", "Slotkin, 45 Senate Democrats Urge President Trump to Continue to Oppose West Bank Annexation", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Elissa Slotkin", "S001208", "www.slotkin.senate.gov", "slotkin", "https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/newsroom/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), alongside 45 Democratic Senators, is calling upon President Trump to reaffirm his opposition to any Israeli annexation of territory in the West Bank. This comes as efforts continue to ensure the recently brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza is upheld.\n\nPresident Trump has previously made it clear that he is against the annexation of the West Bank, stating he would \u201cnot allow Israel to annex the West Bank.\u201d Yet, the ceasefire framework does not reference the West Bank and has raised concerns about the broader implications for long term stability and peace in the region.\n\n\u201cIn this moment, it is essential that the United States reject measures that undermine the viability of a negotiated resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,\u201d the Senators wrote in a letter signed by almost the entire Senate Democratic Caucus.\n\nThe Senators also welcomed the long-awaited release of Israeli hostages from Gaza and reiterate the importance of the remains of deceased hostages to be returned to their families, as well as their hope for the ceasefire to hold and lead to a lasting, long-term peace.\n\nThe Senators joining Slotkin on the letter are Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2019i), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lisa Blunt-Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Duckworth (D, Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai\u2019i), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Adam Schiff (D-C.A), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/10/23/slotkin-45-senate-democrats-urge-president-trump-to-continue-to-oppose-west-bank-annexation/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8030659519135952, "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"}