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← Lincoln D. Chafee

Lincoln D. Chafee on Spending & Budget

RepublicanRI

Spending & Budget505 votes · 77.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

737 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 505 of them counted toward the score above: 304 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 201 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 232 did not count: 226 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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
2000-05-25To express the sense of the Senate commending the United States Capitol Police.S. 2603 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-05-18A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.H.R. 4425 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2000-05-16An original bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.S. 2521 · 106th Congress · On the Motion for AttendanceYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-13A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.H.Con.Res. 290 · 106th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayDirection not readable
2000-04-07A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.H.Con.Res. 290 · 106th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionNayDirection not readable
2000-04-07To expand medicaid and S. CHIP coverage to low income families.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2000-04-07To expand medicaid and S. CHIP coverage to low income families.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-07To express the sense of the Senate concerning an increase in the Federal minimum wage.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-07To express the sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2000-04-07To express the sense of the Senate regarding the enforcement of Federal firearms laws.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2000-04-07To increase discretionary health funding by $1,600,000,000.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2000-04-07To express the sense of the Senate with regard to the Individuals with Disabilities Education ActS.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-07To provide a substitute.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-07To protect the Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-07To reduce the GOP tax cut by less than 1 percent in FY2001, and 1.8 percent over 5 years, to increase the Pell grant maximum by a total of $400- raising the basic Pell grant from the current $3,300 to $3,700.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2000-04-07To strike the reconciliation instruction for tax cuts, thereby allowing surpluses to go toward DEBT REDUCTION.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2000-04-07To establish a reserve fund for additional ESEA funding.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2000-04-07In the nature of a perfecting amendment.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-07To protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of on-budget surpluses for Medicare and debt reduction.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-06To express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to reduce gun violence in America.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-06To express the sense of the Senate against the Federal funding of smoke shops (discount tobacco stores).S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2000-04-06To reduce revenue cuts by $5.9 billion over the next five years to help fund school modernization projects.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2000-04-06To establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistanceS.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2000-04-06To express the sense of the Senate on proposals "to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five year period."S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-06An amendment of a perfecting nature.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-06To strike the revenue assumption for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) receipts in fiscal year 2005.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-06To express the sense of the Senate on the continued use of Federal fuel taxes for the construction and rehabilitation of our nation's highways, bridges, and transit systems.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-05To protect social security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-05To increase the amount of debt reduction contained in the resolution by $75 billion over 5 years.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2000-04-05To provide funding for certain education programs.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2000-04-05Sense of the Senate to provide for relief from the marriage penalty tax.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2000-04-05To condition Senate consideration of any tax cut reconciliation legislation on previous enactment of legislation to provide an outpatient prescription drug benefit under the medicare program that is consistent with medicare reform.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
1999-11-19An act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.H.R. 3194 · 106th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
1999-11-19An act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.H.R. 3194 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
1999-11-18To provide for disaster relief and emergency assistance in North Carolina.H.J.Res. 82 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
1999-11-18To provide for the disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste.H.J.Res. 82 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
1999-11-18An act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.H.R. 3194 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaFiscal expansion

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.