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6 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 1118: Value Over Cost Act of 2026
…necessary to execute federal powers. Authority rests on Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 for providing for the common Defence and general Welfare through procurement spending, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 10326: PROOF Act
…bypass. Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to spend for the general welfare and to oversee funds it appropriates for Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, and coronavirus programs, plus Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S.J.Res. 212 · Aug 11, 2026
Citizen Voter Integrity and Federal Election Assurance Act of 2025
…on states, intruding on the states' reserved power under Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 and the Tenth Amendment over their own election elector qualifications. A constitutional amendment is unnecessary because 18 U.S.C. § 611 already makes…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 1335: Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.
…resolutions governing its own speech and sense under Article I, Section 5, Clauses 2-3. Substance concerns federal spending and fraud prevention, squarely within Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, the power to pay debts and provide for the…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5271 · Aug 10, 2026
Secure and Accessible Federal Elections Act of 2025
…alternative verification methods, potentially violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Congress's power under Article I, Section 4 to regulate the manner of federal elections must be exercised in a way that does…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 22: SAVE Act
…to vote, potentially violating the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and the fundamental right to vote. The bill's delegation of enforcement to private citizens and criminal penalties for election officials could chill voter…