Joe Barton on Spending & Budget

RepublicanTX

Spending & Budget1,801 votes · 54.4/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

5,307 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,801 of them counted toward the score above: 830 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 971 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 3,506 did not count: 3,403 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 103 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1985-04-18	TO AMEND H R 1617, A BILL AUTHORIZING $143.9 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1986 AND 1987. THE WALGREN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL TO $127.8 MILLION AND REALLOCATES FUNDS AMONG THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1617 · 99th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1985-04-18	TO AMEND THE WALGREN AMENDMENT TO H R 1617, A BILL AUTHORIZING $143.9 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1986 AND 1987. THE WALGREN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL TO $127.8 MILLION AND REALLOCATES FUNDS AMONG THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. THE WALKER AMENDMENT REDUCES THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL TO $122.5 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1617 · 99th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1985-04-02	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H R 1239, A BILL MAKING URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985, FOR EMERGENCY FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1239 · 99th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1985-03-19	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 1025, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION ACT DURING FISCAL YEARS 1986, 1987, AND 1988. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 1025 · 99th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1985-03-06	TO AGREE TO H RES 92 TOGETHER WITH A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H R 1096. H RES 92 PROVIDES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H R 1096, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA. THE SENATE AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES $1.85 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL FARM CREDIT ASSISTANCE; AUTHORIZES $100 MILLION TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE INTEREST WRITE DOWN BY BANKS PARTICIPATING IN THE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDES FOR ADVANCE CROP LOANS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1096 · 99th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1985-03-04	TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H R 1096. H R 1096 AUTHORIZES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1096 · 99th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1985-02-26	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 1096, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1096 · 99th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Fiscal expansion / Fiscal restraint axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.