# H.R. 6938 (119th): A bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

A bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: commerce_justice_science. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_water. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_spending. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: interior_environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: interior_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice_department_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 5: On Retaining Division A. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 6: On Retaining Divisions B and C. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 7: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 7: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 6938. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 11: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6938. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 10: On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6938. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a generic appropriations measure that funds a broad range of ordinary government functions, including law enforcement, science, energy, public lands, and health services for Indian Country. Its moral character depends on the amounts, priorities, and restrictions, which the metadata does not disclose. It does not directly advance a named moral harm such as abortion, child corruption, or unjust war, and it does not directly restrain one. The existing 'evil' polarity rests on the debt_spending and omnibus tags alone, which treat ordinary spending and multi-subject packaging as moral harms; under this framework those are prudential concerns, so the classification is mixed rather than evil.
Theological note: Relevant to the Christian duty of civil stewardship: public funds are a trust to be spent justly, honestly, and within lawful limits (Proverbs 11:1; Romans 13:1-7). Scripture also weighs honest weights and the faithful handling of others' resources. Appropriations raise questions of fiscal responsibility, care for the vulnerable through programs like Indian Health Service, and the proper ordering of government functions. These are prudential questions rather than direct moral harms, so this summary identifies issue relevance only and does not make a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 5: On Retaining Division A. Yea 375 · Nay 47 · Other 9.
Roll 6: On Retaining Divisions B and C. Yea 419 · Nay 6 · Other 6.
Roll 7: On Passage. Yea 397 · Nay 28 · Other 6.
Roll 7: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 6938. Yea 80 · Nay 13 · Other 7.
Roll 11: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6938. Yea 82 · Nay 15 · Other 3.
Roll 10: On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6938. Yea 85 · Nay 14 · Other 1.

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