{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-applauds-filibuster-change", "Sen. Whitehouse Applauds Filibuster Change", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.21.13\n\t\t\t Sen. Whitehouse Applauds Filibuster Change \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC \u2013 U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the statement below today regarding the Senate\u2019s decision to modify its rules to break through repeated Republican filibusters of qualified nominees:\r\n\u201cThe Constitution gives President Obama the responsibility to fill executive and judicial vacancies, and the Senate the responsibility to advise and consent.\u00a0 Senate Republicans recently have used filibusters to seize the Senate\u2019s advice and consent function and give it to the minority party.\u00a0 Nothing in the Constitution provides for filibuster, and nothing in the Constitution gives the Senate minority party the right to obstruct nominees.\u00a0 This pattern of obstruction had to stop. I support Majority Leader Reid's decision today to end the obstruction and put the Senate back to work for the American people.\u201d\r\n###\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\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    \tNext Article\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.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-applauds-filibuster-change"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9597032330930233, "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"}