# S.J.Res. 7 (119th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: education_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: education_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_spending. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: telecommunications. 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 235: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 7. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 238: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 7. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The rule is an ordinary federal spending and education-access measure. It advances a legitimate good (connectivity for students who lack home internet) through a prudential mechanism, with a modest educational-use condition. It does not directly advance moral harm, and nullifying it would not clearly restrain a named evil. The case turns on cost, program design, and administrative prudence, so a mixed classification is the fair high-level judgment.
Theological note: The issue touches stewardship of public resources and the fair opportunity of children to learn, which bears on neighbor love and the duty of government to act with equity and prudence. The rule itself names no morally evil end, so the question is mainly prudential: whether a targeted federal subsidy for student connectivity serves education and fairness at a reasonable cost, and whether its use limits are proportionate.

## Recorded votes

Roll 235: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 7. Yea 53 · Nay 47 · Other 0.
Roll 238: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 7. Yea 50 · Nay 38 · Other 12.

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