Work on legislation that would force Congress to spend no more than it receives, require the President to submit a balanced budget, and require a supermajority vote to increase the national debt limit.

H. Morgan Griffith · Virginia · Republican

spending impact 0.90 specificity 0.94 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

Morgan is working on legislation that would force Congress to spend no more than it receives, require the President to submit a balanced budget, and require a supermajority vote to increase the national debt limit.

Commitment to pursue fiscal-responsibility legislation with spending, budget, and debt-limit rules.

Issues | Morgan Griffith for Congress
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Evidence

The campaign issue page says, under "Reining in Wasteful Spending," that Morgan is "working on legislation that would force Congress to spend no more than it receives, require the President to submit a balanced budget, and require a supermajority vote to increase the national debt limit."

Official campaign material states the same three-part fiscal agenda as the claim.

partial same_term

Issues | Morgan Griffith for Congress
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Congress.gov shows H.J.Res.139 was introduced in the House on January 9, 2026, and its text is a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget for the federal government; the bill page also records a committee markup and a report vote but no enactment.

There was concrete legislative action on a balanced-budget amendment, but it did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.139 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government
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The bill page for H.J.Res.139 shows the House rolled call on March 18, 2026: the motion to suspend the rules and pass the balanced-budget amendment failed 211-207.

The closest recent House effort to enact a balanced-budget amendment failed in floor action.

never same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.139 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government
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Morgan Griffith's House vote record lists H.J.Res.139 on March 18, 2026, with Griffith voting "Yea" on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the balanced-budget amendment.

Griffith voted for a concrete balanced-budget amendment measure that included the claimed spending and debt-limit structure.

partial same_term A for effort

Vote Record | Congressman Morgan Griffith
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The House Daily Digest for March 18, 2026 states that the House failed to agree to suspend the rules on H.J.Res. 139, the balanced budget amendment resolution.

Official House record shows the closest same-term attempt to advance the balanced-budget amendment failed on the floor, so the promised policy was not delivered.

never same_term A for effort

Congressional Record - Daily Digest, March 18, 2026
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Griffith supported a concrete same-term legislative attempt aligned with the promise by voting yea on H.J.Res. 139, a balanced-budget amendment measure that addressed federal balanced-budget requirements and debt-limit constraints. However, the measure failed in the House on March 18, 2026, and the promised fiscal framework was not enacted or otherwise delivered. The record supports serious effort, but not fulfillment of the promised outcome.

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never same_term A for effort

Griffith made a concrete same-term legislative effort toward the promised balanced-budget framework by voting for H.J.Res.139, which sought to require a federal balanced budget and included related fiscal constraints. However, the measure failed in the House and did not become law or otherwise impose the promised requirements on Congress, the President, or debt-limit increases. Because there was serious legislative effort but the promised policy outcome was not delivered, the outcome is never with an effort badge.

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