{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://harris.house.gov/press-release/rep-harris-provides-new-option-sequester-offset", "Rep. Harris Provides New Option for Sequester Offset", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nDecember 5, 2013\n\u00a0\nRep. Harris Provides New Option for Sequester Offset\nLegislation Increases State Contribution for Medicaid Expansion to Offset Sequestration\nWashington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., introduced legislation that would eliminate most of next year\u2019s sequester by slightly increasing the state contribution to the Affordable Care Act\u2019s (ACA) Medicaid expansion.\u00a0 Under this proposed legislation, the state match for newly eligible individuals under the ACA\u2019s Medicaid program would increase by 10 percentage points for the first ten years of the program. \u00a0The savings would be applied against next year\u2019s sequestration with the first $20 billion in savings directed to defense, and remaining savings split evenly between defense and non-defense accounts.\n\u201cWith the concerns both parties have expressed over the sequester, I am proposing a common sense way to offset the cuts,\u201d said Harris. \u201cAs the Budget Committees are continuing negotiations, I hope they will consider this solution.\u201d\u00a0\nMany Members are concerned about the across-the-board nature of sequestration, which fails to prioritize government spending.\u00a0 Congressman Harris supports targeted spending reductions that meet the spending caps and savings required under the Budget Control\u00a0 Act.\u00a0 Under current spending rates, defense will be subjected to an additional $20 billion in sequestration in 2014.\u00a0 This bill would offset the looming defense cuts and split additional funds between defense and non-defense spending.\u00a0 Under the President\u2019s health law, state contributions to the Medicaid expansion are zero percent for the first three years and increase gradually to a ten percent match by years seven to ten.\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://harris.house.gov/press-release/rep-harris-provides-new-option-sequester-offset"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8264980278909206, "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"}