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HJRES 139 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

Congress 119 · introduced 2026-01-09

Latest action: — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 211 - 207 (Roll no. 95).

Sponsors

Lobbied by (3)

LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.

FilingPeriodRegistrant (lobbying firm)ClientIncomeMatched
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterPORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLCSOCIAL SECURITY WORKS$20,000H.J.Res.139
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—H. J. Res. 139
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCOUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTECOUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE—H.J. Res. 139

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  3. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  4. — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10.
  5. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. · H12420 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 63.
  7. · H12200 — Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-520.
  8. · 5000 — Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-520.
  9. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 211 - 207 (Roll no. 95).
  10. · 9000 — Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 211 - 207 (Roll no. 95).
  11. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2583-2584)
  12. · H37220 — At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. · H8D000 — DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1115, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 139
  14. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2560-2568; text: CR H2560-2561)
  15. · H30300 — Mr. Biggs (AZ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution.

Text versions

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Inbound (4)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
—Clyde, Andrew S.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-01NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONlobbies_on_bill—H. J. Res. 139lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSlobbies_on_bill—H.J.Res.139lobbying_bill_mention
2026-01-01COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTElobbies_on_bill—H.J. Res. 139lobbying_bill_mention

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Clyde, Andrew S. (R, house GA-9)cosponsor1—2

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS1$20,0000$0$20,000
2none0$07$17,585$17,585
3saulsbury industries0$02$10,500$10,500
4saulsbury industries, inc.0$02$7,000$7,000
5the law offices of blake a. poole llc0$01$3,500$3,500
6syfan logistics0$01$1,500$1,500
7csmc0$01$1,000$1,000
8joe costa & associates, inc.0$01$250$250

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

211 predicted yes (39%) · 258 predicted no (48%) · 74 unknown (13%)

By party: · R: 209 yes / 0 no / 68 unknown · D: 1 yes / 256 no / 6 unknown · I: 1 yes / 2 no

50 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor) — showing top 50

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Clyde, Andrew S. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS (h.j.res.139) · lobbying_bill_mention
  3. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (h. j. res. 139) · lobbying_bill_mention
  4. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE (h.j. res. 139) · lobbying_bill_mention

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