Support a balanced budget amendment to help restore the federal government to a constitutionally limited scope.

Mike Lee · Utah · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.74 extraction confidence 91%

Occurrences

I will work to restore the federal government to its constitutionally limited scope by supporting a balanced budget amendment

Lee commits to supporting a balanced budget amendment as part of restoring constitutionally limited government.

Issues - Mike Lee US Senator for Utah
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

Congress.gov shows a 119th Congress constitutional fiscal-restraint amendment introduced in the House and referred to committee; it is not enacted and does not show Mike Lee as sponsor or cosponsor.

Current-term official record shows related balanced-budget/debt-limitation amendment activity remains unresolved rather than adopted.

unresolved same_term

H.J.Res.9 - 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%

Congress.gov lists a 119th Congress House joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment; no enacted constitutional amendment is shown.

A balanced budget amendment proposal exists in the current Congress but has not been delivered as a constitutional amendment.

unresolved same_term

H.J.Res.110 - 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 72%

The article’s current-history section identifies 119th Congress balanced-budget-related amendment proposals but does not identify any adopted federal balanced budget amendment.

Within the lookback window, a current reference still describes the federal balanced budget amendment question as unresolved, not enacted.

unresolved same_term

Balanced budget amendment
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 61%

Lee authored The Freedom Agenda: Why a Balanced Budget Amendment is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Government, a public advocacy work directly supporting a balanced budget amendment.

Lee has publicly supported a balanced budget amendment in prior federal service, satisfying the narrow promise to support the policy even though enactment remains unresolved.

delivered later_term A for effort

Mike Lee
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 79%

The reporting describes a Republican balanced-budget amendment proposal as based on work from Mike Lee and Jon Kyl, showing Lee’s concrete role in advancing the idea.

Strong reporting supports that Lee did more than make a general statement; he helped shape a balanced-budget amendment proposal.

delivered later_term A for effort

A Bad Idea Returns: The Balanced-Budget Amendment
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 68%

The biographical summary states that Manchin co-sponsored balanced budget amendments put forward by Mike Lee, Richard Shelby, and Mark Udall.

This secondary source independently indicates Lee put forward balanced budget amendment legislation, supporting a delivered finding for the support commitment.

delivered later_term A for effort

Joe Manchin
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 58%

Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

The promise was to support a balanced budget amendment, not necessarily to secure ratification of one. Mike Lee has publicly advocated for a balanced budget amendment and helped advance related amendment proposals in federal office. No federal balanced budget amendment has been adopted, so this would not satisfy a promise to enact one, but it does satisfy the narrower commitment to support it. Because the 2028 campaign filing is tied to his ongoing Senate service rather than a distinct completed term, the support is credited within the same federal office context.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 77%