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Promoting responsible spending. With inflation rising, we have to be all the more conscious of government spending. I am promoting legislation that spends taxpayer dollars responsibly and does not balloon our deficit.
Commits to back fiscally responsible spending legislation.
Today, I voted to pass a far better Continuing Resolution than the one offered two months ago.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, Houlahan publicly framed her vote for H.R. 6500 as a negotiated improvement in federal funding policy, including limits on certain funding uses and a commitment to continue negotiating a permanent budget.
This deal extends funding through December 11, 2026.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The same recent official statement indicates the action was a temporary continuing resolution, so it is evidence of ongoing budget/spending effort rather than final resolution of the broader fiscal-responsibility promise.
Tax policy should be fiscally responsible, evidence-based, and transparent about the true costs of tax reform, while lowering our deficits and slowing the growth of our debt.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Houlahan, as a New Democrat Coalition working-group chair, promoted a tax framework explicitly aimed at fiscal responsibility, deficit reduction, and slower debt growth.
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Houlahan | Houlahan | Democratic | PA | No
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk records Houlahan voting No on H.R. 1 in 2025, which matters because official budget estimates found the enacted law increased deficits substantially.
CBO estimates that Public Law 119-21 will result in a net increase in the unified budget deficit totaling $3.4 trillion over the 2025-2034 period
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): CBO’s official score shows the enacted 2025 reconciliation law increased deficits, supporting the fiscal relevance of Houlahan’s recorded No vote but also showing the deficit-increasing bill passed despite her opposition.
the $1.5 trillion reduction in projected deficits estimated to result from the FRA over the next 10 years reduces projected federal debt held by the public in 2033 by about 3 percent
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): CBO found the enacted Fiscal Responsibility Act reduced projected deficits; Houlahan’s official House roll-call record shows she voted Aye on that bill, making this strong evidence of later-term delivery on the deficit-control aspect.