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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.

What this bill does

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This resolution states that the House of Representatives believes Congress should work to reduce the federal budget deficit to 3% of the country's total economic output or less by the end of 2030. After reaching that goal, Congress should keep working to reduce the deficit even more until the federal budget is balanced.

Introduced

January 7, 2026

Policy Area

Economics and Public Finance

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