{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://scalise.house.gov/press-release/scalise-introduces-legislation-urging-senate-increase-iran-sanctions", "Scalise introduces legislation urging the Senate to increase Iran sanctions", "2013-12-05", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Steve Scalise", "S001176", "scalise.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Congressman Steve Scalise today introduced H.Res. 431, a resolution urging the Senate to consider a House-passed bill to increase sanctions on Iran.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\n\u201cA nuclear-armed Iran is not only a dangerous threat to America\u2019s national security, but it would also pose a serious threat to our strongest ally in the Middle East, Israel,\u201d Scalise said. \u201cIn July, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation to increase sanctions on Iran.\u00a0 Considering President Obama\u2019s naive and dangerous decision to ease sanctions on Iran, it is imperative that the Senate quickly bring the House\u2019s bipartisan sanctions bill to the floor for consideration.\u00a0 The time to act is now.\u00a0 Israel is a vital ally and our most trusted friend in the region, and President Obama would do well to consult with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has called the P5+1 interim agreement with Iran \u2018an historic mistake.\u2019\u00a0 We call on the Senate to follow the House\u2019s lead in taking decisive action to mitigate the threat that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to the United States and the rest of the world.\u201d\nOn July 31, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, H.R. 850, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 400-20-1.\nH.Res. 431 was introduced with 31 original cosponsors.\u00a0 The text of the resolution can be found here.", 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://scalise.house.gov/press-release/scalise-introduces-legislation-urging-senate-increase-iran-sanctions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8906619623303413, "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"}