Author legislation that requires Congress to balance the budget before members are paid and to spend only within the means of the country.

As your next representative, I will author legislation that requires Congress to balance the budget before they get paid, and forces them to only spend within our means to help us regain control of our future.

Pledges to introduce a constitutional-style budgeting bill tying congressional pay to passage of a balanced budget and limiting spending to available means.

On the Issues – Dave Taylor for Congress
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“As your next representative, I will author legislation that requires Congress to balance the budget before they get paid, and forces them to only spend within our means to help us regain control of our future.”

This is the campaign promise matching the claim: he pledged to author legislation tying congressional pay to a balanced budget and limiting spending to available means.

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On the Issues – Dave Taylor for Congress
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“Congress needs to reign in wasteful government spending and allocate taxpayer dollars responsibly. I look forward to supporting legislation in Congress that prioritizes the American worker, their family, and their pocketbook. American families work hard every day and they need Congress to do the same: to balance a budget, reign in our soaring national debt, and spend taxpayer dollars effectively.”

Taylor’s official office issue page repeats support for balanced budgets and restrained spending, but it frames this as support for future legislation rather than identifying enactment of the promised pay-for-budget law.

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Economy | Representative Dave Taylor
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The index lists David J. Taylor’s “Bills and resolutions introduced” as H.R. 2083, H. Res. 608, H.R. 2981, H.R. 3570, H.R. 3313, H.R. 3897, H.R. 2474, and H.R. 6600, among others, and his “Bills and resolutions cosponsored” includes H.R. 272, H.R. 7, H.R. 4091, H.R. 5401, H.J. Res. 66, and related measures.

The official congressional index shows the legislation Taylor introduced and cosponsored during the 119th Congress; none of the listed introduced bills match a proposal to withhold member pay until Congress balances the budget.

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TAYLOR, DAVID J. (a Representative from Ohio) | Congressional Record Index
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Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (Introduced 10/10/2025). Short title: No Budget, No Pay Act. Official title: “To provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.”

An official 'No Budget, No Pay' bill existed in the 119th Congress, but it was sponsored by Tim Moore, not David Taylor. This undercuts the claim that Taylor authored the promised legislation.

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H.R.5738 - No Budget, No Pay Act | Congress.gov
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