# S. 3012 (119th): A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, 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: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: federal_compensation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: shutdown_pay. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
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 609: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 585: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is an ordinary appropriations measure. Its purpose of paying workers for work performed is a reasonable good, but it also expands federal spending and applies retroactively during a shutdown, which are prudential concerns. No direct moral harm or named evil is advanced or restrained, so the classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on the just payment of labor and the stewardship of public money. Paying workers for work they actually performed reflects honest wages, while appropriating public funds without offsets raises questions of prudent stewardship and fiscal responsibility. This is a matter of prudential judgment, not a direct moral evil or a defense of justice against a named wrong.

## Recorded votes

Roll 609: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012. Yea 53 · Nay 43 · Other 4.
Roll 585: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012. Yea 54 · Nay 45 · Other 1.

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