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28 results for “balanced budget”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Federal housing aid through conditional spending has a plausible basis in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and the bill avoids direct rights violations, takings, or due-process denials. It loses ground because housing, zoning, permitting,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14239: Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
…a National Resilience Strategy, and a National Risk Register to inform budgets and SI-assisted planning under Fifth Amendment due process. No notice, hearing, presumption of innocence, or just compensation issue arises.
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14250: Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
…necessary: it centralizes in the Presidency and Office of Management and Budget a firm-specific blacklist that sweeps in third-party contractors who merely do business with WilmerHale, and directs government-wide termination review and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14253: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
…the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Vice President in an executive capacity. Management of national parks and monuments rests on federal property authority under Article IV, Section…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14274: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management
…only executive departments, agencies, GSA, and the Office of Management and Budget on federal office-space selection. Private owners remain free to lease or not lease to the Government, and no mandate, prohibition, or penalty is imposed on…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14293: Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
…Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Office of Management and Budget to review and streamline execution of existing statutes: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and federal permitting…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14300: Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
…reorganization consistent with governing statutes, and consultation with budget and efficiency staff. The order does not create a new regulatory subject beyond statute and directs new rules through proposed rulemaking. No provision directs…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14332: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
…each agency head to designate reviewers, continue Office of Management and Budget coordination, and coordinate interagency to reduce duplication, consistent with the Tenth Amendment reservation of other matters to states. The order…