# H.Res. 1398 (119th): This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R

This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; 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: commemorative_resolution. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defense_authorization. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: national_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural_rule. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: social_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
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 230: On Ordering the Previous Question. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 231: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution bundles ordinary governance goods, such as disability program continuity and routine appropriations, with defense and national security funding that raises real questions about war funding and foreign military aid. The bundle does not directly advance a named evil or directly restrain one, so it falls under mixed rather than good or evil. The existing 'unclear' rating is too conservative given that the title and summary identify the subject matter.
Theological note: As a procedural rule, this resolution bears on stewardship and the just use of public authority, since it schedules defense funding, foreign-affairs appropriations, and disability program spending. Its relevance turns on the content of the underlying bills, which must be judged on their own operative text. Scripture's concern for the vulnerable, including the disabled, and for the just use of the sword and the purse is engaged indirectly.

## Recorded votes

Roll 230: On Ordering the Previous Question. Yea 215 · Nay 210 · Other 6.
Roll 231: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 198 · Nay 224 · Other 9.

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