{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://fleischmann.house.gov/press-release/house-passes-bipartisan-budget-act", "House Passes Bipartisan Budget Act", "2013-12-13", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Chuck Fleischmann", "F000459", "fleischmann.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON\u2212 The House of Representatives has passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.\u00a0 Following the vote, Congressman Fleischmann released the following statement.\n\u201cTonight, the House took a modest step toward reforming spending and setting our government on a more stable path.\u00a0 This agreement maintains sequester savings while also reforming the mandatory spending which is driving our national debt.\u00a0 In fact, this bill has a $23 billion net deficit reduction and ensures we will not shut down the government in 2014.\n\u201cWhile this bill is not perfect, it is a step in the right direction.\u00a0 For the first time since I have been in Congress, we will finally return to a regular appropriations process, an important step to ending the cycle of governing from crisis to crisis.\u00a0 I hope the Senate will quickly pass this bill so we can continue moving toward the real spending reform our nation so desperately needs.\u201d\n###", 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://fleischmann.house.gov/press-release/house-passes-bipartisan-budget-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5517640858888626, "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"}