{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://stewart.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/stewart-statement-on-passage-of-the-fy-2015-omnibus-spending-bill", "Stewart Statement on Passage of the FY 2015 Omnibus Spending Bill", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Chris Stewart", "S001192", "stewart.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 Today,\u00a0Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) voted in favor of HR 83, which provides funding for the majority of the Federal Government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2015. The bill passed the House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote of 219 to 206. The bill provides funding of the Federal Government through FY 2015 except for the Department of Homeland Security, which is only funded until February 27, 2015.\nStewart released the following statement after the passage of the bill:\n\u201cThis bill represents a very imperfect compromise between divided houses of Congress. Despite its many shortcomings, I believe that it was critical to avoid another government shutdown, while still holding the President accountable for his overreaching executive action on immigration. That is what this bill does.\u201d\nImportantly the bill:\n Provides no new funding for Obamacare.\n\tFunds the Department of Homeland Security under a temporary Continuing Resolution until February 27, 2015\u2014allowing for a Republican House and Senate to hold the President accountable for his executive overreach on immigration.\n\tCuts funding to the IRS and prohibits the targeting of groups due to ideological beliefs.\n\tProtects important provisions for rural Utah by fully funding the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program.\n\tStops the Fish and Wildlife Service from listing the sage-grouse on the Endangered Species List thereby allowing Utah to manage the species under its State Management Plan.\n\tCuts funding for the EPA and prohibits the regulation of lead in ammunition.\n\tFully funds the cost-of-living allowance shortfall for military retirees.\n\tProhibits the implementation of the UN Arms Trade Treaty.\n\tPrevents the regulation of farm ponds and irrigation ditches under the Clean Water Act.\n\tIncreases funding for the Veterans Administration in order to address the substantial backlogs in veterans claims.\n Stewart continued:\n\u201cThis bill allows us to start fresh in the next Congress in doing the people\u2019s business without the threat of Government Shutdown. I look forward to working with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate in the 114th Congress.\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://stewart.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/stewart-statement-on-passage-of-the-fy-2015-omnibus-spending-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.4239268861711025, "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"}