{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://scalise.house.gov/press-release/scalise-shredding-constitution-%E2%80%93-new-obama-white-house", "Scalise: Shredding the Constitution \u2013 the new Obama White House?", "2013-12-18", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Steve Scalise", "S001176", "scalise.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Scalise: Shredding the Constitution \u2013 the new Obama White House?                                           \n              Dec 18, 2013      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n          \n  \n    \n    \n    Washington, D.C. \u2013 Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after the new Counselor to the President\u2019s comments that the Administration \u201c\u2026need(s) to focus on executive action given that they are facing a second term against a cult worthy of Jonestown in charge of one of the houses of Congress.\u201d\n\"It's disgraceful and telling that President Obama's new Counselor is not only comparing the Republican Party to a cult that murdered those who disagreed with them, but is also using that comparison as an argument in support of shredding the Constitution and governing like a third-world dictator,\u201d Scalise said.\u00a0 \u201cThe American people will not stand by and allow the Obama White House to destroy the checks-and-balances defined in the Constitution that are critical to a working democracy, and neither will Congress! The American people elected a divided government in Washington, and the Obama Administration would do well to respect that fact instead of undermining the will of the American people at every turn.\u00a0 President Obama ran to change the tone in Washington, and it\u2019s time for him to live up to that promise by relieving Mr. Podesta of his official duties immediately.\u201d", 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-shredding-constitution-%E2%80%93-new-obama-white-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.108542248606682, "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"}