House adopts the budget resolution for fiscal 2026
On Agreeing to the Resolution
APR 29, 2026 · 10:39 PM ET
A party-line vote. 1 vote to spare over the 214 needed.
A simple or concurrent resolution is not a law. It is never sent to the President and does not bind agencies or the public. It can still set a chamber's own rules or, for a budget resolution, Congress's internal spending and revenue limits.
ABOUT SENSE-OF-CONGRESS / SENSE-OF-THE-HOUSE / SENSE-OF-THE-SENATE →A simple or concurrent resolution is not a law. It is never sent to the President and does not bind agencies or the public. It can still set a chamber's own rules or, for a budget resolution, Congress's internal spending and revenue limits.
ABOUT SENSE-OF-CONGRESS / SENSE-OF-THE-HOUSE / SENSE-OF-THE-SENATE →What the House was voting on
The House voted on whether to agree to S.Con.Res. 33, a concurrent resolution setting budget levels for fiscal years 2026–2035 and giving committees instructions for legislation that increases the deficit. It passed by 1 vote over the 214 needed. A concurrent resolution is not a law.
Agree to S.Con.Res. 33, setting Congress’s budget framework for 2026–2035.
Do not agree to S.Con.Res. 33 in the House.
Sets federal budget targets through 2035 and gives committees a path to propose deficit-increasing homeland security and judiciary legislation.
Agreed to by both chambers on April 29, 2026. Concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
214 is a majority of the 426 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
A straight party-line voteStraight party line.
Every vote on S.Con.Res. 33, in both chambersPassed the Senate. Passed the House.
CHAMBER CONTRASTThe Senate agreed to it 50–48 on April 23. The House agreed to it 215–211 on April 29.
- APR 21Discharged from committeeDISCHARGED
- APR 21#87Motion to proceedAGREED TO52–46
- APR 23#105On adoptionPASSED50–48
- APR 29#140Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 1224)AGREED TO215–210
- APR 29#141On the rule (H.Res. 1224)AGREED TO216–210
- APR 29#143THIS VOTEOn adoptionPASSED215–2111 vote to spare over the 214 needed.
Coverage of this vote and its bill1 story from 1 outlet
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