Pass the Congressional Power of the Purse Act to prevent presidents and administrations from illegally withholding or canceling congressionally approved funding.

Brendan F. Boyle · Pennsylvania · Democratic

policy impact 0.75 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Pass the Congressional Power of the Purse Act.. Promised outcome: Stop presidents and administrations from illegally overriding Congress or withholding congressionally approved funding.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. House Budget Committee Ranking Member statement during the 119th Congress after the Trump Administration moved to cancel nearly $1 billion in congressionally approved funding.

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“Donald Trump knows he can’t get these cuts through Congress, so he is illegally making them through the back door. Trump’s actions are a blatant attack on Congress’s constitutional power of the purse. It is exactly why we need to pass my Congressional Power of the Purse Act and stop any president from illegally overriding Congress.”

Boyle called for passing his Congressional Power of the Purse Act to stop presidents from illegally overriding Congress on approved funding.

Boyle Statement on Trump Administration’s Pocket Rescission | House Budget Committee Democrats
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

verified · Source version 70501 · locator 1954

Bill Version Introduced in House (IH)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GPO record shows Boyle's H.R. 5220 remained an introduced House bill, with last listed action on September 9, 2025; no enactment is shown.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 5220 (IH) - Congressional Power of the Purse Act - BILLS-119hr5220ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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verified · Source version 70503 · locator 3635

utilizing a pocket rescission for another nearly $1 billion

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, the White House announced another pocket rescission, indicating the underlying withholding/cancellation issue remained active rather than resolved by enactment of Boyle's bill.

unresolved same_term

President Trump Takes Historic Action to Eliminate Wasteful and Harmful Spending – The White House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-28 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was to pass Boyle's Congressional Power of the Purse Act and stop illegal withholding or cancellation of approved funding. Verified evidence shows H.R. 5220 was only introduced in the House, not passed or enacted, and a later verified White House passage shows pocket rescissions were still occurring. Because there is no documented deadline, the unfulfilled enactment promise is unresolved rather than never; the introduction supports effort only.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%