Work to balance the nation's budget.

Steve Daines · Montana · Republican

policy impact 0.75 specificity 0.62 extraction confidence 86%

Occurrences

working to balance the nation's budget

The campaign site says Daines is working to balance the national budget.

Steve Daines
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

NTU Foundation listed Daines as supporting a balanced budget, quoting: "Steve is working to balance the budget."

Establishes the campaign-era balanced-budget pledge/position being assessed.

unresolved unknown

Taxpayer's Tab: Election 2014: Voters Choose Less Spending
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%

Congress.gov records S.493 as sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines, introduced February 12, 2015, then referred to the Senate Budget Committee with status "Introduced."

Daines took concrete same-term action by introducing a balanced-budget accountability bill, but it did not pass or become law.

never same_term A for effort

S.493 - Balanced Budget Accountability Act, 114th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov shows Daines introduced S.6; the bill defined a balanced budget as outlays not exceeding receipts and was read twice and referred to committee.

Daines again introduced a balanced-budget mechanism in a later term, but the 118th Congress bill remained only introduced/referred.

never later_term A for effort

S.6 - Balanced Budget Accountability Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov lists S.45 with Daines as sponsor, latest action read twice and referred, and status "Introduced."

As of the current Congress, Daines continued the effort, but the bill had not advanced to enactment by the assessment date.

unresolved later_term A for effort

S.45 - Balanced Budget Accountability Act, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Treasury reported the FY2025 budget deficit at $1.7754 trillion, with debt held by the public at 99 percent of GDP.

The federal budget was still not balanced through FY2025, so the promised policy outcome had not been delivered despite Daines's efforts.

never later_term

Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Report of the United States Government
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promised balanced-budget outcome was not delivered: Treasury reported a large FY2025 federal deficit and debt near 99% of GDP. Daines did make serious legislative efforts, including sponsoring balanced-budget accountability bills in his first Senate term and later Congresses, but those bills remained introduced or referred and did not become law or produce a balanced national budget.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%