Get the economy back on track.

Steve Scalise · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 2.00 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

get our economy back on track

Campaign commitment to improve economic conditions.

Scalise for Congress
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Steve is fighting to promote fiscal discipline, create good-paying jobs, protect our freedoms, and get our economy back on track.

The campaign states Scalise is fighting to get the economy back on track.

Join Team Scalise
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bringing bills to the floor to cut red tape, lower costs, and support rural communities

Scalise said House Republicans were bringing bills to the floor aimed at reducing red tape, lowering costs, and supporting rural communities.

Scalise Highlights GOP Cutting Red Tape, Putting Money Back into Americans’ Pockets
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We're bringing bills to make life more affordable for hardworking families.

He commits to advancing legislation aimed at making life more affordable for families.

Scalise Highlights GOP Cutting Red Tape, Putting Money Back into Americans’ Pockets | Congressman Steve Scalise
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bills that we passed to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, which had a lot to do with lowering inflation

He tied GOP legislative action to lowering inflation and improving family finances.

Scalise Calls Out Democrat Hypocrisy on Lowering Costs | Congressman Steve Scalise
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Congress can use the reconciliation process to achieve our pro-growth agenda to get the economy back on track.

Scalise committed to using reconciliation with Republican control to advance a pro-growth agenda aimed at restoring the economy.

Scalise Discusses Trump, House GOP Economic Agenda on Squawk Box | Majority Leader
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Evidence

Leader Scalise outlined how with President Trump back in the White House and a Republican Senate, Congress can use the reconciliation process to achieve our pro-growth agenda to get the economy back on track.

This is a direct official statement of intent to use reconciliation and pro-growth policy to get the economy back on track, but it is a promise/plan rather than proof of achieved economic results.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Scalise Discusses Trump, House GOP Economic Agenda on Squawk Box | Majority Leader
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The House passed the major reconciliation bill that Republicans framed as part of their pro-growth economic agenda. This is concrete action toward the promise, but it does not by itself prove the economy was actually back on track.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Public Law 119-21, An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, was enacted on July 4, 2025. The text includes middle-class tax relief provisions such as no tax on tips.

The reconciliation package became law and included tax and other economic provisions Republicans said would lower costs and boost growth. This is the strongest official evidence of concrete legislative delivery, though it still does not establish that the broader economy was fully 'back on track.'

partial same_term A for effort

PLAW-119publ21.pdf
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Roll 190 | 3-Jul | H R 1 | On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment | P | One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The House completed final passage of the economic reconciliation package after the Senate amendment, showing continued concrete advancement of the policy agenda tied to the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes
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Payroll employment rose by 172,000 in May and the unemployment rate held at 4.3 percent.

The labor market remained resilient in the latest lookback window, which supports a partial-progress reading but not a full claim that the economy is back on track.

partial same_term

Employment Situation Summary - 2026 M05 Results
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CPI-U rose 4.2 percent over the 12 months ending May; core CPI rose 2.9 percent.

Inflation remained elevated, which weakens any claim of a fully normalized economy even though monthly price growth slowed somewhat.

unresolved same_term

Consumer Price Index Summary - 2026 M05 Results
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Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2026.

Growth stayed positive but moderate, which is evidence of progress rather than decisive proof that the economy is fully back on track.

partial same_term

GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2026
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Personal income was essentially flat; real PCE rose 0.1 percent; PCE prices rose 0.4 percent in April and 3.8 percent year over year.

Consumer spending improved modestly, but income growth was weak and inflation stayed elevated, leaving the broader status mixed.

unresolved same_term

Personal Income and Outlays, April 2026
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The goods and services deficit was $55.9 billion in April, down from $56.6 billion in March; exports rose 2.6 percent.

Trade flows improved modestly, adding to the case for partial economic progress but not enough to establish a completed turnaround.

partial same_term

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2026
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Scalise materially advanced a House Republican economic agenda tied to this promise, including helping move and pass H.R. 1 and the reconciliation package that became Public Law 119-21 in July 2025. That supports meaningful same-term action and some policy delivery. But the promise was an outcome claim about getting the economy 'back on track,' and the later macro evidence remains mixed: job growth and GDP stayed positive, while inflation and real-income data still showed notable weakness. Because there was concrete legislative progress without clear proof that the broader economy was fully back on track, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered.

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partial same_term A for effort

Scalise and House Republicans made a concrete same-term legislative attempt through the 2025 reconciliation package, and Public Law 119-21 enacted tax and economic provisions that plausibly advance a pro-growth agenda. However, the promise is broad and outcome-based: 'get the economy back on track' requires evidence of realized macroeconomic recovery or clear economic normalization, not just passage of favored policy. The evidence supports meaningful progress and delivery of components, but not full fulfillment of the overall economic outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%