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4 results for “balanced budget”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026
H.Con.Res. 113: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.
…is a routine exercise of Congress's constitutional power over the federal budget. It does not itself enact any spending or revenue changes, but sets forth a framework and reconciliation instructions. The primary constitutional concern is…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S.Con.Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
SCONRES 7 is a routine internal congressional budget framework for FY2025 through FY2034. It stays inside the taxing, borrowing, and appropriations powers, imposes no rights burden, takes no property, and centralizes nothing that a lower…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4: Rescissions Act of 2025
…prior appropriations. The President's proposal under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act does not impound funds unilaterally; Congress enacted the cuts as Public Law No. 119-28. No First Amendment or other Bill of Rights…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S. 2882: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
…under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause. Limiting Office of Management and Budget withholding and extending availability of withheld funds strengthens procedural regularity and the Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 requirement that funds be…