John Cornyn on Spending & Budget

RepublicanTX

Spending & Budget1,212 votes · 72.1/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

2,048 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,212 of them counted toward the score above: 562 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 650 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 836 did not count: 817 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 19 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
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-12-13	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.H.R. 83 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2014-09-18	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 124 · 113th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-09-18	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 124 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-09-18	Of a perfecting nature.H.J.Res. 124 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2014-07-31	A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 2648 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2014-07-31	Of a perfecting nature.S. 2648 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2014-07-30	A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 2648 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-06-17	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.H.R. 4660 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-02-12	An act to ensure that the reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of members and former members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 will not apply to members or former members who first became members prior to January 1, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 25 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-02-12	An act to temporarily extend the public debt limit, and for other purposes.S. 540 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2014-02-12	An act to temporarily extend the public debt limit, and for other purposes.S. 540 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2014-01-16	Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.H.R. 3547 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2014-01-16	Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.H.R. 3547 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2014-01-15	A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 106 · 113th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-12-18	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-12-17	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-12-17	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-11-21	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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. 1197 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2013-11-18	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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. 1197 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-10-29	A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit, as submitted under section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 on October 17, 2013.S.J.Res. 26 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-10-16	An act making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.H.R. 2775 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-10-16	An act making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.H.R. 2775 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-10-12	A bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until December 31, 2014.S. 1569 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-10-01	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2013-09-30	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2013-09-30	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2013-09-27	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-09-27	Of a perfecting nature.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-09-27	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-09-27	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-09-25	A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 59 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-08-01	An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 1243 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-07-31	To redirect certain foreign assistance to the Government of Egypt as a result of the July 3, 2013, military coup d'etat.S. 1243 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-07-25	An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 1243 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-07-23	To prohibit funds to be used to provide housing assistance benefits to individuals convicted of certain felonies.S. 1243 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-07-23	An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.S. 1243 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To require the Congressional Budget Office to include macroeconomic feedback scoring of tax legislation.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	No Statement of Purpose on File.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to eliminate non-defense related spending by the Department of Defense.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To create a point of order against any legislation that would provide taxpayer funds to the United Nations while any member nation forces citizens or residents of that nation to undergo involuntary abortions.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce foreign assistance to Egypt and increase funding for an east coast missile defense shield.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To end the mobile phone welfare program.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure election integrity by requiring a valid government-issued photographic ID for voting in federal elections.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To provide funding to the Department of Transportation for interstate bridge infrastructure projects and to reduce the Federal deficit by decreasing the amounts available for foreign assistance and loan guarantee programs administered by the Department of Energy.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2013-03-23	To amend the reconciliation instructions to include instructions to the Committee on Finance to achieve the Budget's stated goal of $275 billion in mandatory health care savings.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the prohibition on funding of the Medium Extended Air Defense System.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation that requires financial regulators to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analyses on all proposed rules.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-23	To provide reconciliation instructions to reduce the deficit by $63,860,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-23	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve savings by prohibiting illegal immigrants or illegal immigrants granted legal status from qualifying for federally subsidized health care.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-22	To reduce spending and decrease the risk of drastic energy price increases by prohibiting further greenhouse gas regulations for the purposes of addressing climate change.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the prohibition of taxpayer dollars and resources being used to automatically deduct union dues from the pay of Federal employees.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To force Congress to ensure the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare programs.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To provide a point of order against budgets spending more on net interest payments on the debt than on national defense, and to ensure the United States government funds its military at higher levels than the militaries of foreign holders of its debt.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable prompt action relating to the Presidential exemption for the rule of the Environmental Protection Agency commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxins Standard for affected electric utility steam generating units that need additional time to install the major emissions control equipment, construct replacement generation, or implement other mitigation measures in order to ensure the reliability of the grid.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To repeal the tax increase on catastrophic medical expenses created by Obamacare.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-03-22	To end "Too Big To Fail" subsidies or funding advantage for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets).S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-22	In the nature of a substitute.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To create a point of order against legislation that would raise taxes on veterans, and for other purposes.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To repeal or reduce the estate tax, but only if done in a fiscally responsible way.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a biennial budget and appropriations process.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To express the sense of the Senate to enact Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the education of low-income children, which may include allowing funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to follow children from low-income families to the school children attend.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	Of a perfecting nature.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote investment and job growth in United States manufacturing, oil and gas production, and refining sectors through the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the interests of the United States in making a decision relating to the Keystone XL pipeline.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that all revenue from a fee on carbon pollution is returned to the American people.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to sunset the provision of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that increases payments to hospitals in a few States by reducing payments to the majority of States through the Medicare hospital wage index.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To call for a comprehensive approach for wage index reform.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, including primary and preventive care, in a manner consistent with protecting rights of conscience.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, including primary and preventative health care, family planning and birth control, and employer-provided contraceptive coverage, such as was provided under the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148).S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit neutral reserve fund to repeal the tax increases enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that were imposed on low- and middle-income Americans.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-22	To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief to provide tax relief for low and middle income families.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to encourage patient-centered reforms to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs, promoting economic growth.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-22	To prohibit the consideration of a budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above 5.5 percent, the administration's prediction for the unemployment rate without the stimulus.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-21	To protect Americans from a $1,000,000,000,000 tax increase and provide for pro-growth revenue-neutral comprehensive tax reform.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-21	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicare's guaranteed benefits and to prohibit replacing guaranteed benefits with the House passed budget plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-21	To promote innovation, preserve high-paying jobs, and encourage economic growth for manufacturers of lifesaving medical devices and cutting edge medical therapies.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-21	To amend the resolution.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-21	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Recommit	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-20	Amend the title to read: "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2013-03-20	Amend the title to read: "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-20	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-20	To increase by $25,000,000 the amount appropriated for Operation and Maintenance for the Department of Defense for programs, projects, and activities in the continental United States, and to provide an offset.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-20	To transfer appropriations from the National Heritage Partnership Program to fund the resumption of public tours of the White House and visitor services and maintenance at national parks and monuments.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-03-20	To prohibit Urban Area Security Initiative grant recipients from funding projects that do not improve homeland security.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-18	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-14	To temporarily freeze the hiring of nonessential Federal employees.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-14	Of a perfecting nature.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-03-13	To strike certain authorities relating to the use for grants of funds of the Office of Economic Assistance of the Department of Defense.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2013-03-13	To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.H.R. 933 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint

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