{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://chriscollins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-collins-suspends-his-own-pay-during-shutdown", "Congressman Collins Suspends His Own Pay During Shutdown", "2013-10-01", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Chris Collins", "C001092", "chriscollins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) has asked House leadership to suspend his own pay during the duration of the partial shutdown of the federal government.\u00a0 Late last night, Collins sent a letter to House administration requesting that his pay be withheld for the length of the shutdown.\nThis comes after Collins announced growing support for his bill that would suspend pay for all Members of Congress during a government shutdown.\u00a0\u00a0 Eighteen members of the House have signed onto the Government Shutdown Fairness Act.\u00a0\n\u201cThe American people sent us to Washington to do a job,\u201d said Congressman Collins.\u00a0 \u201cIf we cannot live up to that obligation, we should not be taking a pay check, a pay check that is funded by the taxes paid by our fellow hardworking Americans.\u00a0 If the federal government is shutdown Members of Congress should not get paid, and we should not be held to a different standard when it comes to Obamacare, either.\u201d\nLast night, Collins voted for a measure that fully funds the government and eliminates any special treatment and exemptions from Obamacare for Congress and its staff, as well as the President and his appointees.\u00a0 The Senate refused to act on the proposal.\n\u201cThe American people deserve more from their Congress and it is time, as Members of Congress, that we put ourselves at the back of the line and put our constituents first,\u201d said Congressman Collins.\n-end-", 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": ["http://chriscollins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-collins-suspends-his-own-pay-during-shutdown"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5098629519343376, "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"}