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Thomas R. Carper

Thomas R. Carper on Spending & Budget

DemocratDE

Spending & Budget2,051 votes · 86/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,257 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,051 of them counted toward the score above: 1,467 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 584 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,206 did not count: 1,190 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 16 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
2009-09-16To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-09-16To fully provide for the critical surface transportation needs of the United States by prohibiting funds from being used on lower-priority projects, such as transportation museums.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-09-16To remove an unnecessary and burdensome mandate on the States, by allowing them to opt out of a provision that requires States to spend 10 percent of their surface transportation funds on enhancement projects such as road-kill reduction and highway beautification.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-09-15To provide that all amounts in the bill provided for congressional earmarks shall be made available for NextGen and NextGen programs.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-09-14Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2009-08-06A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.H.R. 3435 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-08-06A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.H.R. 3435 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-08-04A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2997 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-08-04A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2997 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-07-30A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-30A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-30To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-07-30To repeal a certain provision of the SAFETEA-LU.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-07-30To offset the appropriation of funds to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund with unobligated nonveterans funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-30To temporarily protect the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-07-29A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-29To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-29To provide requirements regarding the authority of the Department of Energy to enter into certain contracts.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-29To reduce the appropriation for Departmental Administration of the Department of Energy so that the Department can set an example for all Americans by reducing unnecessary energy usage.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-29To limit disbursement of additional funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to certain automobile manufacturers, to impose fiduciary duties on the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to shareholders of such automobile manufacturers, to require the issuance of shares of common stock to eligible taxpayers which represent the common stock holdings of the United States Government in such automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-28To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any project or site-specific location identified in the committee report unless the project is specifically authorized or to carry out an unauthorized appropriation.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-23An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-09A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-09To increase funding for firefighter assistance grants and recruitment and retention grants.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2009-07-09To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-09To prohibit certain funds from being used for certain efforts.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-09To prevent funds from being used to prevent individuals from importing prescription drugs under certain circumstances.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-07-09To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-09To strike the earmark for the City of Whitefish Emergency Operations Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-08To strike the provision relating to the Loran-C signal, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-08To require grants for Emergency Operations Centers and financial assistance for the predisaster mitigation program to be awarded without regard to earmarks.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-08To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-07-08To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-07-07To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-07-06A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-06-25A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-06-18A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2009-06-18A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-05-21A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2009-05-21To strike the provisions relating to increased funding for the International Monetary Fund.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-05-21A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-05-20To express the sense of the Senate on consultation with State and local governments in the transfer to the United States of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-05-20To limit the release of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending a report on the prisoner population at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-05-20To prohibit funding to transfer, release, or incarcerate detainees detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-29An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2009-04-02To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts for auto manufacturers.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To save the American taxpayer over $150,000,000,000 by adjusting spending levels beyond fiscal year 2010 to compensate for spending from the stimulus bill in the corresponding fiscal years.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To modify the authorization for climate change legislation.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To ensure that millions of middle-income families do not face an alternative minimum tax increase in 2013 and 2014 and that the budget resolution reflects that result.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool program.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing revenues.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-02To provide for the expenditure of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2009-04-02An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to RecommitNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To provide for enhanced oversight of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning the use of emergency economic assistance.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-02In the nature of a substitute.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To require certain higher-income beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to pay higher premiums, as is currently required for physicians' services and outpatient services, and as proposed in the budget of the United States Government most recently submitted by the President.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-01To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-04-01To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-01Relative to a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-01To protect the fiscal discipline on discretionary spending exercised by the reported budget resolution by extending the resolution's discretionary spending limits to exactly the same level as already assumed in the resolution to make sure that debt is not increased further than contemplated by this budget resolution as a result of subsequent budget resolution or appropriation bills.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-01To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-01To protect small businesses from higher taxes.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-01To protect middle-income taxpayers from tax increases by providing a point of order against legislation that increase taxes on them, including taxes that arise, directly or indirectly, from Federal revenues derived from climate change or similar legislation.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-01To restore the budget discipline of the Federal Government by freezing nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and limiting the growth of nondefense discretionary spending to one percent annually for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-04-01To create runaway debt point of order against consideration of a budget resolution that projects the ratio of public debt to GDP for any fiscal year in excess of 90% to ensure the continued viability of US dollar and prevent doubling or tripling the debt burden on future generations.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-31To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-31To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for climate change legislation to require that such legislation does not increase electricity or gasoline prices.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-03-31To require that certain legislation relating to clean energy technologies not increase electricity or gasoline prices or increase the overall burden on consumers.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-03-10A bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-03-10To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2009-03-10To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-03-10To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2009-03-10To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-10To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-10To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-09To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-03-09To require the Secretary of State to certify that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection 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.