If elected, he will balance the budget using common-sense solutions, including after a large shortfall.

Mike faced a $4B budget shortfall in Florida and found common-sense solutions to balance the budget. He will do this again in Congress.

Claim of repeat ability to balance budgets in Congress.

Mike Haridopolos for Congress | Republican for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

He will do the same in Washington and sponsor a Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget.

Promise to sponsor a constitutional balanced-budget amendment.

Issues | Mike Haridopolos for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Roll Call 143 on Apr. 29, 2026 passed S. Con. Res. 33, the congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2026. The roll call lists Mike Haridopolos (FL) as Yea.

Haridopolos supported the House-passed budget resolution, a concrete step toward budgeting discipline, but it is not itself a balanced budget outcome.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 143 | S. Con. Res. 33
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

The CBO baseline summary says FY 2026 deficit totals $1.9 trillion and the ten-year deficit totals $24.4 trillion; debt is projected to reach $63.7 trillion by 2036.

Official budget projections still show very large deficits and rising debt, so the budget has not been balanced and the claim remains unresolved.

unresolved same_term

House Budget Committee - CBO Baseline February 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%