releases: https://holding.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=193
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://holding.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=193 | Rep. Holding Votes Against the Farm Bill | 2018-12-12 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Republican | House | NC | George Holding | H001065 | holding.house.gov | legacy | Rep. Holding Votes Against the Farm Bill f t # e Washington, December 12, 2018 The Farm Bill was a rare opportunity to turn the tide in the failed War on Poverty.' By incentivizing hard work and self-sufficiency, welfare work requirements could have helped millions of Americans escape the cycle of poverty. The final version of the Farm Bill epitomizes much of what is wrong with Washington. Faced with a significant opportunity to impact real change, Congress took the easy way out and succumbed to the status quo. share: f t Congressman George Holding (NC-02) released the following statement after voting against the final version of the Farm Bill (H.R. 2): The Farm Bill was a rare opportunity to turn the tide in the failed War on Poverty.' By incentivizing hard work and self-sufficiency, welfare work requirements could have helped millions of Americans escape the cycle of poverty. The final version of the Farm Bill epitomizes much of what is wrong with Washington. Faced with a significant opportunity to impact real change, Congress took the easy way out and succumbed to the status quo. f t # e | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |