{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/news/stabenow-statement-following-finance-committee-vote-on-republican-tax-bill-", "Stabenow Statement Following Finance Committee Vote on Republican Tax Bill", "2017-11-16", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Debbie Stabenow", "S000770", "www.stabenow.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Stabenow Statement Following Finance Committee Vote on Republican Tax Bill  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThursday, November 16, 2017\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released a statement following the committee\u2019s vote on the Republican tax bill:\r\n\u201cThere\u2019s no question that we need tax reform that makes the tax system simpler, puts more money in your pocket, closes tax loopholes that send jobs overseas and supports small businesses and farms.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the Senate bill does not achieve these important goals. \u00a0\r\n\u201cI voted no because I could not support raising taxes on middle income taxpayers and leaving Michigan families without health insurance to pay for huge tax giveaways for the wealthiest one percent of Americans.\r\n\u201cThis was a missed opportunity to work together in a bipartisan way on real tax reform. \u00a0I remain committed to passing tax reform that helps middle-class families, small businesses, farmers, and manufacturers.\u201d\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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.stabenow.senate.gov/news/stabenow-statement-following-finance-committee-vote-on-republican-tax-bill-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4310060068964958, "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"}