John Claggett Danforth on Spending & Budget

RepublicanMO

Spending & Budget1,231 votes · 83.8/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

2,117 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,231 of them counted toward the score above: 687 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 544 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 886 did not count: 851 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 35 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
1977-06-20	TO PASS H.R. 7552, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, THE POSTAL SERVICE, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.H.R. 7552 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-06-17	TO PASS H.R. 7636, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.H.R. 7636 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-06-16	TO PASS H.R. 6179, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978 FOR THE U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY.H.R. 6179 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-06-15	TO PASS H.R. 6884, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1978 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AFTER STRIKING ALL AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE AND INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF THE TEXT OF S. 1160. (SEE RC 208)H.R. 6884 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-06-15	TO PASS H.R. 6714, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1978 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AFTER STRIKING ALL AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF THE TEXT OF S. 1520.H.R. 6714 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-06-14	TO AMEND H.R. 5262, THE BILL AUTHORIZING U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SIX MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BY INSERTING A CLAUSE THAT RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR U.S. COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THAT CLARIFIES THE FACT THAT U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.H.R. 5262 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-06-13	TO TABLE THE MELCHER AMENDMENT TO S. 1340, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONNUCLEAR PROGRAMS OF THE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978. THE MELCHER AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE APPROPRIATION FOR RESEARCH IN MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS TO $125 MILLION.S. 1340 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1977-06-06	TO AMEND S. 1523, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1978 THROUGH 1980, BY REDUCING THE FUNDING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO $1.16 BILLION.95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1977-05-13	TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT AND CONCUR IN A CONFERENCE AMENDMENT TO S. CON. RES. 19 THAT SETS 1978 BUDGET TARGETS OF REVENUES OF $396.3 BILLION, BUDGET AUTHORITY OF $503.45 BILLION, OUTLAYS $460.95 BILLION AND A DEFICIT OF 64.65 BILLION.S.Con.Res. 19 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-05-04	TO PASS S. CON. RES. 19.S.Con.Res. 19 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-05-04	TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 19 BY RESTORING THE TOTAL FIGURES IN THE BUDGET TO THE LEVELS FIRST APPROVED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.S.Con.Res. 19 · 95th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1977-05-04	TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 19 BY REDUCING THE FUNDING FOR CETA PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS PROGRAMS BY $2 BILLION.S.Con.Res. 19 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1977-05-02	TO AMEND H.R. 4876, ECONOMIC STIMULUS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1977, BY REDUCING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS BY $3.9 BILLION.95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1977-04-01	TO PASS H.R. 4877.H.R. 4877 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1977-04-01	TO AMEND H.R. 4877 BY STRIKING THE SECTION OF THE BILL THAT APPROPRIATES $241,000 TO THE COUNCIL ON WAGE AND PRICE STABILITY.H.R. 4877 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1977-04-01	TO ASCERTAIN THE GERMANENESS OF THE CHAPTER 2 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4877, A BILL MAKING THE FIRST REGULAR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977.95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-02-22	TO AGREE TO S. CON. RES. 10, A BILL REVISING THE BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977.S.Con.Res. 10 · 95th Congress	Yea	Fiscal 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.