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1. 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…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.R. 4758: Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

   …Rescinding unobligated balances is part of Congress's power over the federal budget and existing statutes. This bill does not exceed any enumerated power. Repealing federal rebate programs, contractor training grants, and building energy…

3. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4708 · Jul 29, 2026

   Arctic Security and Diplomacy Alignment Act of 2025

   …from reallocated unobligated balances in the Defense and State Department budgets, capped at $500 million per fiscal year for five years. The program sunsets on September 30, 2030, unless reauthorized by Congress. The Government…

4. 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…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   S.Con.Res. 40: A concurrent resolution setting forth 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.

   This concurrent resolution establishes a congressional budget framework for FY2027-2036. It does not itself authorize any specific spending or revenue programs, but sets aggregate levels and enforcement procedures. The resolution is…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.Res. 499: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

   …Congress's constitutional authority over its own proceedings and the federal budget. It does not infringe on any individual rights, does not consolidate power improperly, and adheres to due process requirements. The waiver of points of…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

   SCONRES 33 is a routine congressional budget framework exercising core Article I fiscal and rulemaking powers. It imposes no rights restriction, no individual mandate, and no taking, and it operates at the proper federal level for federal…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.Con.Res. 14: Establishing 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.

   HCONRES 14 is a routine exercise of Congress fiscal powers: setting federal budget levels and reconciliation instructions for FY2025-FY2034. It infringes no rights, takes no property, and governs only federal spending and revenue planning,…

9. 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…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.Res. 590: Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

    This resolution is a routine procedural measure by which the House of Representatives agrees to a Senate amendment to a bill. It concerns the internal legislative process of Congress, which is expressly authorized by the Constitution. It…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.Res. 1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish serviceme

    HRES 1224 is a procedural resolution that sets the terms for considering several bills. The Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the authority to determine its own rules of proceeding (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.Res. 1438: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for considerat

    HRES 1438 is an internal House rules measure authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. It authorizes no surveillance, imposes no mandate on private persons, takes no property, and restricts no Bill of Rights freedom. Substantive…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026

    H.Res. 713: Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget.

    The resolution is a disciplinary action by the House of Representatives against one of its members, a power explicitly granted to each chamber by the Constitution. It does not infringe on any constitutional rights, as the speech of a…

14. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.Res. 1423 · Jul 16, 2026

    Constitutional Consideration Rule for H.R. 139, H.R. 8595, H.R. 9237, and H.R. 1181

    …Funding for the study shall come from the DOT's existing administrative budget. Section 2. Consideration of H.R. 8595 (National Security Appropriations). The bill shall be considered as read, but the total appropriations shall be capped at…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5442 · Oct 15, 2026

    Honest Debt Cost Estimates with Limits and Review

    …keep the original goal and make it workable. It would direct the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to add a clear debt-service section to each public cost estimate. That section would show added interest costs…

16. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 226 · Oct 08, 2026

    SI Cherokee Historic Sites Trust and River Protection Draft

    …land list, a ban on gaming, Authority consent rules, liability limits, a fixed budget cap, and a five-year sunset with outside audit. Compared with the original excerpt, the SI proposal would add the closed list, budget cap, sunset, audit,…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 4464: Preventive Health Savings Act

    This bill is fully constitutional. It merely requires the Congressional Budget Office to produce supplementary estimates about long-term savings from preventive health care when Congress requests them. It does not expand federal power…

18. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10672 · Oct 18, 2026

    Federal-State Community College Promise Partnership Act

    …aid is denied or removed. This VFA proposal would add the state match, the budget cap, and the progress and appeal rules, which the official summary does not describe in the original. States that join would also publish how high school…

19. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9678 · Jul 16, 2026

    Airport Worker Safety and Efficiency Act of 2025

    …for the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, with a budget cap of $5 million annually for administrative costs. It shall sunset after 5 years, with a report to Congress on effectiveness and any unintended…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.J.Res. 88: Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".

    HJRES 88 is constitutional. Congress used its enumerated commerce and oversight powers through lawful procedure to nullify an agency waiver, infringed no Bill of Rights protection, expanded individual choice by removing a mandate,…