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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

H.R. 1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

…consolidates decisions states, localities, and civil society could handle, warranting B rather than A. Tax reduction, spending levels, deficit reconciliation, and debt-limit action rest on Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-2 on laying and…
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.

…through FY2034. It stays inside the taxing, borrowing, and appropriations powers, imposes no rights burden, takes no property, and centralizes nothing that a lower level could handle. Grade A. Congress has explicit authority over federal…
Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

H.R. 9496: End Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

Constitutional relief measure within Congress's tax power that pauses federal tax deadlines during wrongful detention abroad and refunds penalties, with no rights infringement, no power overreach, and no upward consolidation of authority.…
Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act

Constitutional tax-relief measure within Congress's enumerated taxing power that infringes no rights, expands individual financial recovery, stays at the proper federal level for federal taxes, and adds due process protections. Congress…
Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

H.J.Res. 142: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.

…upward consolidation, and does not violate the Tenth Amendment which reserves powers to states. No person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process under the Fifth Amendment. The change was enacted through bicameralism…

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H.R. 1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

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.

H.R. 9496: End Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act

H.J.Res. 142: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.