# H.R. 7148 (119th): A bill making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

A bill making further 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: abuse_accountability. Category: justice_truth. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: budget. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: fiscal_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_responsibility. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: legislative_accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: whistleblower_protection. Category: justice_truth. 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 43: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 44: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 45: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 53: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 13: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 7148. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 20: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7148. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a broad appropriations package with ordinary prudential disputes over spending levels, debt, and defense and foreign-aid funding. It also contains recognizable goods, including extension of a whistleblower program and an assessment aimed at sexual abuse and trafficking offenders. The summary does not show that it directly advances a named moral harm such as abortion, child sexual corruption, or unjust killing, so the existing 'evil' polarity driven only by debt_spending and omnibus overstates the case. Under the framework, a generic omnibus appropriations measure with mixed goods and prudential concerns is best classified as mixed.
Theological note: Appropriations are an ordinary stewardship question: the sword and the purse belong to lawful government, and Scripture calls rulers to justice, mercy, and faithful use of public funds. The bill's main issues are whether defense and foreign-aid spending serve a just end, whether debt-financed spending is responsible, and whether the bill protects the vulnerable through programs such as TANF and health care. The whistleblower extension and the assessment tied to abusers and traffickers point toward truthful accountability and protection of victims. The text as summarized does not directly mandate abortion, child corruption, or a named unjust killing, so the moral weight rests on prudential judgment rather than an identified evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 43: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 164 · Nay 268 · Other 4.
Roll 44: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 136 · Nay 291 · Other 9.
Roll 45: On Passage. Yea 341 · Nay 88 · Other 2.
Roll 53: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments. Yea 217 · Nay 214 · Other 1.
Roll 13: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 7148. Yea 45 · Nay 55 · Other 0.
Roll 20: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7148. Yea 71 · Nay 29 · Other 0.

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