{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b72588ce-6ea9-4c4b-ba7c-33b819197e4e", "Murkowski Statement on U.S. Senate \u201cPower Grab\u201d", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.21.13\n\t\t\t Murkowski Statement on U.S. Senate \u201cPower Grab\u201d \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator - We\u2019ve Seen Where Party Line Votes Get Us: the Health Care Law\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Senator Lisa Murkowski today shared her disappointment with the United States Senate\u2019s vote to eliminate filibuster rights for certain nominations \u2013 and according to Reuters news service, \u201cDitch a Historic Senate Rule\u201d \u2013 taking away the Senate Minority\u2019s capacity to influence or impact the nomination process, saying:\r\n\u201cToday, Senate Democrats decided they want more party line votes to push their agenda forward without needing to engage a single Republican.\u00a0 It\u2019s a power grab, plain and simple.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen this movie before; it\u2019s called the health care law, and I am astonished that only three Democrats refused to make this drastic political move to change the process.\r\n\u201cYesterday I stood with Senate colleagues from the most conservative side of my party to the left end of the other and we advocated together for changes in the military justice system; ours was a coalition built upon negotiation and solid thinking.\u00a0 We were working to build policy in a collaborative and cooperative way.\u00a0 The action on the floor today was a stunning contrast to that collaborative effort.\r\n\u201cToday\u2019s vote saddens me more than it angers me.\u00a0 This is a sad day for the institution of the U.S. Senate, the legislative body designed to guard the views and the voices of the minority and to be \u2013 in the words of George Washington \u2013 the \u2018saucer used to cool the tea.\u2019 Senate Democrats have shattered that saucer into pieces.\u00a0 I\u2019m afraid today\u2019s rules change will fundamentally alter our operations and lead us to being a less tempered body.\u201d\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 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://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b72588ce-6ea9-4c4b-ba7c-33b819197e4e"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5245401300489902, "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"}