Keep fighting to pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process to provide certainty for Nebraskans.

Pete Ricketts · Nebraska · Republican

spending impact 0.60 specificity 0.70 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

I will keep fighting to pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process to provide certainty for Nebraskans

Ricketts committed to continuing efforts to pass the rest of the budget through the regular appropriations process.

Ricketts Supports Senate Passage of Bipartisan Appropriations Package - Senator Pete Ricketts
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

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Congress.gov records H.R.4366 as Public Law 118-42 on March 9, 2024 and summarizes it as including six of the twelve regular FY2024 appropriations bills.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress enacted the first half of FY2024 regular appropriations in a consolidated package. This supports partial delivery of passing remaining budget items through appropriations, though not as separate bills or on time.

partial same_term

Congress.gov: H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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On the motion to concur on H.R.4366, the Senate agreed 75-22; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Nay.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ricketts did not vote to pass the first FY2024 consolidated regular appropriations package, weakening evidence that he fulfilled the promise personally.

never same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 84
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov records H.R.2882 as Public Law 118-47 on March 23, 2024 and summarizes it as including the other six regular FY2024 appropriations bills.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress completed FY2024 regular appropriations with the second six-bill package, providing budget certainty for that fiscal year, but through a consolidated late package.

partial same_term

Congress.gov: H.R.2882 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

On the motion to concur on H.R.2882, the Senate agreed 74-24; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Nay.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ricketts also voted against the second FY2024 package that completed the regular appropriations bills, so his own vote did not advance final passage.

never same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 114
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov records H.R.1968 as Public Law 119-4 and says it provided continuing FY2025 appropriations for the remainder of FY2025 because FY2025 appropriations bills had not been enacted.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): For FY2025, Congress did not pass the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process; it used a full-year continuing resolution instead.

never same_term

Congress.gov: H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

On the H.R.1968 cloture vote, the Senate vote was 62-38; Senator Ricketts is listed as voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ricketts helped advance the full-year FY2025 continuing resolution, which provided funding certainty but was not the regular appropriations process promised.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 128
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The President signed H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, into law on September 2, 2026; the White House described it as a short-term continuing resolution funding federal agencies through December 11, 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The latest enacted funding measure found was a FY2027 continuing resolution, not completion of the remaining budget through the regular appropriations process. It supports continued budget certainty but undercuts full delivery of the regular-process promise.

partial same_term

Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

On August 8, 2026, the Senate passed H.R. 6500, as amended, by 90-6; the measure title was an act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and Ricketts voted Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ricketts took a concrete vote to keep the government funded, but the vehicle was a continuing appropriations bill rather than regular annual appropriations. This is partial credit for funding certainty, not full delivery of the regular appropriations commitment.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 228
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was not fully delivered because the later funding measures for FY2025 and FY2027 were continuing resolutions rather than completion of the budget through the regular appropriations process. Congress did enact FY2024 regular appropriations packages during Ricketts' Senate term, but he voted against both final consolidated packages, so candidate credit for that regular-process completion is weak. He did vote to advance continuing appropriations that provided some funding certainty for Nebraskans, supporting partial credit and an effort badge, but not full delivery of the specific regular-appropriations promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term

The promised outcome was not fully delivered. Congress did complete FY2024 appropriations through two consolidated regular appropriations packages during Ricketts's Senate term, which provided some budget certainty, but Ricketts voted against both final Senate passage votes. For FY2025, Congress instead used a full-year continuing resolution, and Ricketts voted to advance that CR; that supported funding certainty but not the regular appropriations process named in the promise. Because there was some same-term budget action related to the promise but weak candidate credit and a later departure from regular appropriations, partial credit is appropriate rather than delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%