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12 results for “balanced budget”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026
H.J.Res. 139: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.
This proposed constitutional amendment imposes a balanced budget requirement and supermajority rules for tax increases on the federal government. It does not infringe any enumerated rights or individual sovereignty, and it respects due…
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Bill (official record) · S.J.Res. 97 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Nov 20, 2025
S.J.Res. 97: A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
…constitutional amendment that requires federal expenditures and receipts to be balanced, which may occur over more than one year. Under the amendment, expenditures include all federal expenditures except those for payment of debt. Receipts…
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Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 110 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jul 23, 2025
H.J.Res. 110: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
…constitutional amendment that requires federal expenditures and receipts to be balanced, which may occur over more than one year. Under the amendment, expenditures include all federal expenditures except those for payment of debt. Receipts…
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Bill (official record) · S. 3951 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Feb 26, 2026
S. 3951: Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 17 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jan 13, 2025
H.J.Res. 17: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
…from borrowing. The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Bill (official record) · S.J.Res. 219 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Sep 30, 2026
S.J.Res. 219: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget and establishing the requisite procedures.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 139 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Mar 18, 2026
H.J.Res. 139: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total federal expenditures for a year from exceeding the average annual federal receipts collected in the three prior years, adjusted for changes in the population of…
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Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 3 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jan 03, 2025
H.J.Res. 3: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
…limit on the debt of the United States. The President must submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts or 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States. The amendment prohibits a court from ordering…
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Bill (official record) · S.Res. 654 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Mar 20, 2026
S.Res. 654: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.
…continue to pursue further deficit reduction with the goal of achieving a balanced federal budget. Referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text: CR S1444)
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Bill (official record) · H.Res. 981 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jan 07, 2026
H.Res. 981: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.
…continue to pursue further deficit reduction with the goal of achieving a balanced federal budget. Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 17, 2026
S. 5442: Cost Estimates Improvement Act
…Act is a routine internal procedural measure that directs the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to include debt servicing costs in their cost estimates. It does not expand federal power, restrict individual…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 222 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jan 07, 2025
H.R. 222: Sustainable Budget Act of 2025
Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal…