# S. 2882 (119th): A bill making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

A bill making continuing 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: budget. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: continuing_resolution. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: fiscal_responsibility. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: government_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: health_care. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: impoundment_limits. 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 536: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 542: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 544: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 550: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 557: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 527: On Passage of the Bill S. 2882. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 534: On Passage of the Bill S. 2882. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a generic continuing appropriations measure combining ordinary governmental continuity, prudential spending and debt decisions, health coverage extensions, and a restraint on OMB's withholding authority. The metadata shows no direct advancement of a named moral evil such as abortion or child corruption, and the debt and spending concerns are prudential rather than directly sinful. The prior evil classification rests on generic tags and is not warranted by the operative text.
Theological note: The measure bears on stewardship of public resources, the duty of rulers to govern justly and avoid burdening the people with unsustainable debt, and the care owed to vulnerable persons who depend on health coverage and public programs. Scripture's concern for honest weights, faithful use of entrusted goods, and restraint of arbitrary power is relevant to its limits on executive withholding. These are issues of prudence and proportion rather than a direct moral verdict on the bill.

## Recorded votes

Roll 536: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Yea 47 · Nay 53 · Other 0.
Roll 542: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Yea 46 · Nay 52 · Other 2.
Roll 544: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Yea 45 · Nay 50 · Other 5.
Roll 550: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Yea 47 · Nay 52 · Other 1.
Roll 557: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2882. Yea 47 · Nay 50 · Other 3.
Roll 527: On Passage of the Bill S. 2882. Yea 47 · Nay 45 · Other 8.
Roll 534: On Passage of the Bill S. 2882. Yea 47 · Nay 53 · Other 0.

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