I still have much I want to do in the coming year, not least of which is keeping the government open. To do that, we must send all our appropriations bills to the President in a bipartisan and timely fashion.
Keep the government open by sending appropriations bills to the President in a bipartisan and timely fashion.
Occurrences
Evidence
On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 7148, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026,” which further makes consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7148 (ENR) - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Public Law 119-75 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
After passage by the House on January 22, 2026 of H.R. 7147 (Homeland Security), and H.R. 7148 (Defense, LHHSED, THUD), H.R. 7147 (Homeland Security) and H.R. 7006 (Financial Services-National Security-State) were added to H.R. 7148 under the terms of the special rule ... As engrossed (and sent to the Senate), H.R. 7148 includes six appropriations acts by division ...
During a House Appropriations Committee markup, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) introduced an amendment to prevent federal elected officials from receiving any money from the U.S. Treasury Judgment Fund ... The amendment was rejected by Republicans on the Appropriations Committee ...
During a House Appropriations Committee markup, Rep. Mike Levin introduced an amendment to bar federal elected officials from receiving money from the U.S. Treasury Judgment Fund; Republicans rejected the amendment.
On February 3, 2026, the President signed H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which makes consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
GovInfo lists H.R. 7148 as an enrolled bill for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, with a last action date of February 4, 2026.
Assessments
Congress did send and enact a consolidated FY2026 appropriations bill on February 3, 2026 while Levin was in office, so the core funding outcome was achieved in his term. But the available evidence does not show that this happened in a timely fashion, since enactment came well after the fiscal year began, and it does not show Levin materially drove the final bipartisan appropriations outcome beyond unrelated committee activity. That supports partial rather than full delivery.
The promised outcome was to keep the government open by sending appropriations bills to the President in a bipartisan and timely fashion. The evidence shows Congress completed and sent a consolidated FY2026 appropriations measure, H.R. 7148, to the President, and it was signed into law on February 3, 2026 as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75). That satisfies the core promised outcome in the federal context during Levin's active House service. While the record here does not specifically document Levin as a lead architect of the final appropriations package, members of the House majority can reasonably receive credit for a delivered congressional outcome when the promised action is collective and the outcome occurred in the same term. The separate committee amendment evidence shows Levin was engaged on appropriations matters but is not necessary to establish fulfillment of this broader claim.