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15 results for “balanced budget”
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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
Executive Order 14299: Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security
…and regulatory actions, coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, and use of all available legal authorities consistent with applicable law, preserving procedural due process under the Fifth Amendment. It directs use of…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
S.J.Res. 124: A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.
This joint resolution is fully constitutional. It reinforces the separation of war powers by requiring congressional authorization for military hostilities against Cuba, consistent with Article I, Section 8, Clause 11. It does not infringe…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14354: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
…Article I, Section 8. Section 5 preserves existing lawful agency authority and budget law. The order creates no restriction on speech, religion, press, assembly, arms, searches, trial rights, or other protections in Amendments 1-10. It…
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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 A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14384: Modifying Duties To Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
…proper forum. Refunds go through Customs norms under law. The text preserves budget plus agency limits, plus says no new enforceable right is cut. No retroactive penalty or seizure occurs; duty ends prospectively on Feb 7 2026.
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026
Executive Order 14395: Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud
The Executive Order establishes a task force to combat fraud in federally funded benefit programs, which falls within the executive's constitutional authority to enforce the laws and manage the executive branch. However, the order's stated…
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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 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…
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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…