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Larry E. Craig

Larry E. Craig on Spending & Budget

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Spending & Budget2,213 votes · 79/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,515 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,213 of them counted toward the score above: 932 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 1,281 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,302 did not count: 1,245 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 57 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
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 AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
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 AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
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 BillYeaFiscal expansion
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 TableNayFiscal expansion
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 TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 TableDid not voteDirection 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 TableDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-09-06To prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion.H.R. 2764 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection 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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-09-06To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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 TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
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
2007-05-09An 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 MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-05-09An 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 MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-09An 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 MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-04-26A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2007-04-17An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-04-16An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-04-12An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-29A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-29In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · Whether the Amendment is GermaneNayDirection not readable
2007-03-29To appropriate an additional $1,500,000,000 for Procurement, Marine Corps, to accelerate the procurement of an additional 2,500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for the Armed Forces.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-29To prohibit the use of funds to make payments to certain spinach growers and first handlers.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-29To provide additional funding for certain programs under the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act of 2006, by increasing funding for the United States Marshals Service to track down convicted sex offenders who have failed to register as a sex offender as required by law and by increasing funding for United States attorneys to prosecute child exploitation and child pornography cases as part of Project Safe Childhood.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-28To remove $100 million in funding for the Republican and Democrat party conventions in 2008.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-28To provide farm assistance in a fiscally responsible manner.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-03-28To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-28To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-28A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-27To strike language that would tie the hands of the Commander-in-Chief by imposing an arbitrary timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, thereby undermining the position of American Armed Forces and jeopardizing the successful conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23An 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 ResolutionNayDirection not readable
2007-03-23To 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. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-03-23To repeal the death tax.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To amend the budget resolution for fiscal year 2008 in order to accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To extend the 35, 33, 28, and 25 percent income tax rate structure and protect nearly 28,000,000 families and individuals, including small business owners, from having their tax rates increase to 39.6, 36, 31, or 28 percent.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To prevent the adding of extraneous earmarks to an emergency war supplemental.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs and reduce the Federal debt by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To reform the death tax by setting the exemption at $5 million per estate, indexed for inflation, and the top death tax rate at no more than 35% beginning in 2010; to avoid subjecting an estimated 119,200 families, family businesses, and family farms to the death tax each and every year; to promote continued economic growth and job creation; and to make the enhanced teacher deduction permanent.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To save families from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) first by permitting a deduction for personal exemptions for purposes of computing the AMT.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To provide budget levels to extend through 2012 the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and energy tax provisions for energy efficient buildings and power plants.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-22To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To strike the reserve funds.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To establish a 60-vote point of order for legislation that creates unfunded mandates on small business concerns.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To restore the top marginal tax rate to pre-2001 levels on taxable income in excess of $1 million and use the increased revenue to increase funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Act.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-03-22To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-22To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending on programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To establish a reserve fund for Social Security.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide additional funding resources in FY2008 for investments in innovation and education in order to improve the competitiveness of the United States.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide a point of order against any budget resolution that fails to achieve an on-budget balance within 5 years.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-21To ensure that our troops serving in harms way remain Americas top budget priority by ensuring full funding for the Department of Defense within the regular appropriations process, reducing reliance on supplemental appropriations bills, and by improving the integrity of the Congressional budget process.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-21To exclude the extension of tax relief provided in 2001 and 2003 from points of order provided in the resolution and other budget points of order.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide 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. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-21To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide tax relief to middle class families and small businesses and to expand health insurance coverage for children.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-02-14A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 20 · 110th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion

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