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Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning on Spending & Budget

RepublicanKY

Spending & Budget2,069 votes · 74.3/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,295 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,069 of them counted toward the score above: 907 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 1,162 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,226 did not count: 1,184 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 42 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2008-03-13To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to ReconsiderYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 rate increase for the alternative minimum tax for individuals.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To provide tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-05To authorize appropriations for necessary or appropriate travel, subsistence, and related expenses, and for other purposes.S. 2663 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-02-13A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.H.R. 2082 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2008-02-13A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.H.R. 2082 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-02-07A bill to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.H.R. 5140 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2008-02-07To revise the eligibility criteria for the 2008 recovery rebates for individuals.H.R. 5140 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-02-06Of a perfecting nature.H.R. 5140 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayDirection not readable
2008-02-05A bill to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.H.R. 5140 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-02-04A bill to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.H.R. 5140 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-12-18A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-12-18A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-12-18A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-12-18To express the sense of Congress on the transition of the missions of United States Forces in Iraq to a more limited set of missions as specified by the President on September 13, 2007.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-12-18To provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-12-18A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-12-14To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2007-11-16A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 4156 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-11-16A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.S. 2340 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-11-07A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-11-07A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-10-23A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayFiscal restraint
2007-10-23A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-23Of a perfecting nature.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-23To prohibit the use of funds to process claims based on illegal work for purposes of receiving Social Security benefits.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-10-23To prohibit the use of funds to administer Social Security benefit payments under a totalization agreement with Mexico.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-10-23To provide support to Iraqis and Afghans who arrives in the United States under the Special Immigrant Visa program.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-23To replace non-competitive earmarks for the AFL-CIO with competitive grants.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-10-23To require Congress to provide health care for all children in the U.S. before funding special interest pork projects.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-10-23To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-22To provide funding for the activities under the Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-22To reduce the total amount appropriated to any program that is rated ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget through the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART).H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2007-10-18To increase the amount of funds available for the Office of Labor Management Standards.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-18To prohibit the provision of funds to grantees who perform abortions.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-18To clarify the application of current law.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-10-18To provide additional care for pregnant women, mothers, and infants by eliminating a $1,000,000 earmark for a museum dedicated to Woodstock.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-10-18To provide funding for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-18To increase funding for the Mine Safety and Health Administration.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-18To provide funding for activities to reduce infections from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and related infections.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-10-18To provide a limitation on funds with respect to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-10-16A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayFiscal restraint
2007-10-16A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-16To prohibit funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-10-16To set aside $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance for activities that support State and local law enforcement agencies in their efforts to assist the Federal Government's enforcement of immigration laws.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-10-16To provide, in a fiscally responsible manner, additional funding for United States attorneys to prosecute violent crimes in Indian country.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2007-10-16To increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and offset the increase by reducing NASA funding.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-16To increase funding for the United States Marshals Service to ensure full funding for the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and offset the increase by reducing funding for the Advanced Technology Program.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-16To prevent Federal employees from purchasing unnecessary first-class or premium-class airline tickets at taxpayers' expense.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-10-15To prohibit the use of any funds made available in this Act in a manner that is inconsistent with the trade remedy laws of the United States, and for other purposes.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-10-04To provide $1,680,000 to investigate and prosecute unsolved civil rights crimes in a fiscally responsible manner by prioritizing spending.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2007-10-01To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-27A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 52 · 110th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-27A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.H.J.Res. 43 · 110th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayFiscal restraint
2007-09-12A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-12To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of a baseball facility in Billings, Montana, and to reduce the amounts made available for the Economic Development Initiative and the Community Development Fund; and To ensure that no funds made available under this Act shall be used to carry out any activity relating to the design or construction of the America's Wetland Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, until the date on which the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Louisiana, certifies to Congress that all residents of the State of Louisiana who were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita in 2005 are no longer living in temporary housing; and To remove an unnecessary earmark for the International Peace Garden in Dunseith, North Dakota.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2007-09-12To provide a system for better construction and maintenance of America's aging bridge infrastructure by spending American tax dollars more effectively and efficiently.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-09-11To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for bicycle paths so that the funds can be used to improve bridge and road safety.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2007-09-11To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-11To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-09-11To prohibit funds appropriated under title I from being used for earmarks until all structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges have been repaired, with limited exceptions.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-10To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program.H.R. 3074 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-09-06A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-09-06To provide for the spending of $106,763,000 on programs that save children's lives, such as the President's Malaria Initiative, rather than lower priority programs, such as the Global Environment Facility, which produce few results and are managed by the United Nations Development Program, which utilizes corrupt procurement practices, operates contrary to United Nations rules, and retaliates against whistleblowers.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-06To ensure that the United States contribution to the United Nations is not being lost to waste, fraud, abuse or corruption by maximizing the public transparency of all United Nations spending.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-09-06To prohibit the use of funds by international organizations, agencies, and entities that require the registration of, or taxes guns owned by citizens of the United States.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-06To prevent contributions to organizations that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-06To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-09-06To prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-06To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its fair share for United Nations peacekeeping.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-09-06A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To limit the cases in which funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is performed by more than 10 Federal employees.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To prohibit the use of funds to expand the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-09-05To strike section 225, relating to a prohibition on the disposal of Department of Veterans Affairs lands and improvements at West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2007-07-26A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-07-18To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-07-17To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-07-17To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-24Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 2206 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-05-17An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-17Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions.H.R. 2206 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable

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.