Support a balanced budget amendment and cut federal spending.

David Rouzer · North Carolina · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

I will support a balanced budget amendment that requires Washington adhere to these same principles. ... In Washington, we must do the same – cut spending and get the government out of the way

Commits to a balanced-budget amendment and spending cuts.

Issues - David Rouzer U.S. Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Rouzer said the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is making steady progress on a surface transportation reauthorization package and that the committee is working on a bill that will reduce bureaucratic delays and cut waste. He also said the committee aims to prioritize core formula programs, flexibility, and efficiency.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official statement shows Rouzer actively promoting spending restraint and waste reduction, but it is about transportation reauthorization rather than a balanced budget amendment.

partial same_term A for effort

Rouzer Roadmap: Third Edition | U.S. Representative
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

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Rouzer supported the House budget resolution, which his office said took 'the first step to cut fraud, waste and abuse from the federal budget' and included $1.5 trillion in mandatory savings over 10 years.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House-office release documents Rouzer voting for a budget resolution with major savings, which supports the spending-cut part of the claim but not a completed balanced budget amendment.

partial same_term A for effort

Press Release: Congressman Rouzer Votes to Pass House Budget Resolution | U.S. Representative
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

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House Clerk roll call record for Roll Call 116 on a proposed balanced budget constitutional amendment listed Rouzer, Republican, North Carolina, as voting Yea; the measure failed to meet the required threshold.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official roll-call evidence shows Rouzer took a concrete same-term vote supporting a balanced budget amendment, but the amendment was not adopted.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 116
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Congress.gov lists H.R.4 as Public Law No. 119-28 and CRS summarizes the bill as rescinding $9.4 billion in unobligated funds for State, USAID, related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is an enacted federal spending cut during Rouzer's federal service, supporting the spending-cut component, but it does not deliver a balanced budget amendment or broad federal spending reduction.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4 - Rescissions Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Rouzer took concrete same-term actions consistent with the promise: he voted for a proposed balanced budget constitutional amendment and supported budget/spending-cut measures, including claimed mandatory savings and an enacted rescissions law. However, the balanced budget amendment did not pass, and the spending-cut evidence is limited rather than showing a broad balanced-budget outcome or comprehensive federal spending reduction attributable to him. This supports partial fulfillment, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Rouzer has taken same-term actions consistent with the promise by supporting House budget measures framed as cutting waste and mandatory spending, and by promoting spending restraint in transportation policy. However, the evidence does not show that a balanced budget amendment was enacted, nor that federal spending was actually cut as a completed federal outcome. Because he made legislative/policy efforts toward the promised direction but the full promised outcome remains undelivered, partial credit is appropriate.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%