S 6 — Balanced Budget Accountability Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors (1)
- Schmitt, Eric (R, MO-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2023-01-23 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables
97-1011· Reports · 2026-05-06Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. In the past, Congress periodically enacted specific legislation to alter its pay; the last time this occurred affected pay in 19
Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | 97-1011 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Schmitt, Eric | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schmitt, Eric (R, senate MO) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired | 0 | $0 | 9,646 | $839,788 | $839,788 |
| 2 | edward jones | 0 | $0 | 18 | $40,000 | $40,000 |
| 3 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 4 | $33,500 | $33,500 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 299 | $24,398 | $24,398 |
| 5 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 6 | $22,800 | $22,800 |
| 6 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 35 | $22,683 | $22,683 |
| 7 | torch electronics | 0 | $0 | 2 | $21,000 | $21,000 |
| 8 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 54 | $15,028 | $15,028 |
| 9 | pgi insurance | 0 | $0 | 19 | $13,660 | $13,660 |
| 10 | todd strategy group | 0 | $0 | 3 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 11 | portfolio manager | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 12 | mercy international | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 13 | palantir technologies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 14 | ozarks coca-cola | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 15 | journatic llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 16 | elliott investment management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 17 | mortgage research center | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 18 | wcas | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 19 | jc2 ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 20 | apollo asset management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 21 | gme alliance | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 22 | nu cybertek inc. | 0 | $0 | 8 | $10,155 | $10,155 |
| 23 | pharmasphere inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,086 | $7,086 |
| 24 | hunter engineering company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | civil service inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
Stance (positions taken)
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Schmitt, Eric (R · senate · MO) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report 97-1011 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Schmitt, Eric (cosponsor) · sponsorship