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6 results for “balanced budget”
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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…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14270: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy
Executive Order 14270 directs periodic review and conditional sunset of energy-related federal regulations through lawful rulemaking and public comment, only to the extent permitted by law. It asserts no new legislative power, infringes no…
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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,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 498: Do No Harm in Medicaid Act
…level by conditioning Medicaid funds, which are a significant portion of state budgets, on compliance with a specific policy, thereby pressuring states to adopt federal preferences. This violates the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers…
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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 14281: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
Executive Order 14281 is a lawful exercise of presidential supervision of federal enforcement that removes a constitutionally suspect disparate-impact regime and restores equal-treatment and merit principles. It claims no legislative…