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legislationOmnibus Appropriations LawWashington, D.C., United Statesstable 90.7

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 signed into law

President Donald Trump signed H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, into law. The omnibus measure set fiscal-year funding levels and policy riders across major departments and agencies, turning congressional budget choices into binding government-wide priorities.

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Published

2/3/2026

Current public event date

Source base

1 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

3 ranked

Actors currently scored in public view

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from official federal sources documenting the enactment of H.R. 7148.

Event harm

53.4

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

32.2

Congressional appropriations majority

Confidence

90.7

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

60.2

Highest actor responsibility before event harm is applied

Event harm

Harm context

The public harm score is grounded in who bears the harm, what protections are in play, and the broader social fallout.

Who is harmed

The people, communities, or institutions whose safety, rights, or daily conditions are changed by the event.

Rights or laws at risk

Public-health protections, environmental safeguards, and community safety standards are on the line.

Societal impact

The law can reshape policy incentives, who bears risk, and how rights are distributed or enforced across affected communities.

Overview

Highest ranked actor

Start with the strongest current attribution before moving into the full ranking and supporting detail.

Congressional appropriations majority

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

32.2

Weighted contribution

Confidence

92.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1originatorlegislatureUnited States

Congressional appropriations majority

Ranked in the public field as a originator with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 92.0

Responsibility

60.2

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

32.2

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

92.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Congress assembled the funding package and policy riders, so the appropriations majority carries the central originator role for the national budget choices embedded in the law.

1 evidence link

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Score breakdown

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Ranked actors

3

Actors represented in the ladder and contribution views.

Top actor

Congressional appropriations majority

Highest-ranked actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

13

Entries contributing to the synthetic timeline chart.

Active chart

Ladder

Current visualization mode.

Ranked field

Other ranked actors

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Rank #2authorizerpersonUnited States

President Donald Trump

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 96.0

Responsibility

58.8

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

31.4

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

96.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The president's signature made the omnibus binding law, giving the office the clearest authorizing role in the budget package becoming operative.

1 evidence link
Rank #3executoragencyUnited States

Federal departments implementing omnibus priorities

Ranked in the public field as a executor with a current responsibility band of peripheral.

stable 84.0

Responsibility

47.2

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

25.2

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

84.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Executive-branch departments and agencies execute the spending priorities and riders in practice, giving them the main operational role after enactment.

1 evidence link