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9 results for “balanced budget”
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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…
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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
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…
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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 A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14355: Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer With Artificial Intelligence
…directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Management and Budget, National Institutes of Health, and science advisors within statutes creating those agencies. Underlying spending draws on Article I, Section 8, Clause 1…
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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 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…