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Yes: 536 • No: 525
HCONRES14119th CongressWALLET
Establishing 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.
Sponsored By: Representative Arrington
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Summary
A 10-year budget blueprint that sets revenue, spending, deficit, and debt targets for fiscal years 2025–2034 and lays out enforcement rules, committee allocations, and broad policy priorities to guide Congress.
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- Congressional committees and appropriators get specific annual targets and two-line tallies by 18 major functional categories, giving lawmakers numeric limits to enforce spending and revenue rules. These levels cover 2025 through 2034.
- Oversight and enforcement changes require budget committee chairs to publish allocation statements and allow adjustments for baseline updates and changes in budget rules. The plan also requires discretionary administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Postal Service to be included in committee allocations.
- The resolution sets policy priorities that push for lower federal spending, more energy production, tax reductions aimed at boosting work and investment, deregulation, and a target to cut mandatory spending by $2.0 trillion. It notes a national debt above $36.0 trillion and a projected FY2025 deficit of $1.9 trillion.
*Sets a goal to cut mandatory spending by $2.0 trillion over the budget window, a deficit‑reducing target aimed at addressing a projected FY2025 deficit of $1.9 trillion and a national debt above $36.0 trillion.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 6 mixed.
Reserve to protect Medicare and Medicaid
If adopted by both chambers, the Senate Budget Chair would be able to adjust budget numbers to help pass bills that protect and improve Medicaid and extend Medicare Part A’s trust fund. Any use of this reserve would need to avoid increasing the deficit over 2025–2034. This tool would make it easier to move deficit-neutral bills that keep care in place for vulnerable people.
2025 reconciliation and debt-limit plan
If adopted by both chambers, House and Senate committees would need to send budget change plans by May 9, 2025 for 2025–2034. The House sets a goal to cut $2.0 trillion in mandatory spending over that period. If House authorizing committees fall short, the House Budget Chair would lower the Ways and Means instruction by the shortfall (starting from a $4.5 trillion deficit increase instruction). The House would direct Ways and Means to include a $4.0 trillion debt limit increase. The Senate Finance Committee would need to report debt limit changes by May 16, 2025, capped at $5.0 trillion.
Ten-year budget guardrails and enforcement
If adopted by both chambers, this resolution would set yearly budget totals for 2025–2034 that Congress would use to enforce the budget. For 2025, it would use about $3.70 trillion in revenues, $4.64 trillion in outlays, and a deficit near $0.94 trillion. It would count Social Security and Postal Service administrative costs in House and Senate allocations and enforcement. In the Senate, it would set specific Social Security trust fund numbers each year (for 2025: revenues about $1.304 trillion, outlays about $1.414 trillion) and SSA admin amounts (about $6.4 billion). It would also set Postal Service admin amounts (about $268 million in 2025). Budget chairs could update allocations to match CBO baseline changes and would publish those updates in the Congressional Record.
Tools for savings and deregulation bills
If adopted by both chambers, budget chairs could adjust allocations to fit reconciliation bills that follow this plan’s rules. The Senate Budget Chair could also adjust numbers for bills that cut the deficit by more than $2.0 trillion over 10 years (2025–2034). The Chair could make room for deregulatory bills, as long as they do not increase the deficit over 2025–2029 or 2025–2034. These tools change the process but do not by themselves change benefits or taxes.
House push for growth and deregulation
If adopted by both chambers, the House would state its policy to boost growth by cutting federal spending, expanding energy, lowering some taxes, and reducing red tape. It would also call for scaling back costly regulations, including with reconciliation tools. These are policy directions only and would need later bills to take effect.
Make budget enforcement rules binding
If adopted by both chambers, Title IV would become part of each chamber’s rules, for enforcing this budget plan. These rules would apply unless each chamber later changes them. This affects how Congress runs the budget but does not itself change taxes or benefits.
Tax baseline to avoid hikes
If adopted by both chambers, the Senate Budget Chair could adjust budget numbers for bills that use revised tax assumptions. This could include treating extensions of parts of the 2017 tax law as the baseline to help avoid tax increases on working families and small businesses. Any use of this reserve could not raise the deficit over 2025–2034.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Arrington
TX • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 4/10/2025
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
Yes: 216 • No: 214
senate vote • 4/5/2025
On the Concurrent Resolution H.Con.Res. 14
Yes: 51 • No: 48
senate vote • 4/3/2025
On the Motion to Proceed H.Con.Res. 14
Yes: 52 • No: 48
house vote • 2/25/2025
On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended
Yes: 217 • No: 215
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