Al Franken on Spending & Budget

DemocratMN

Spending & Budget351 votes · 81.2/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

609 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 351 of them counted toward the score above: 277 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 74 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 258 did not count: 251 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 7 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
2009-07-09	To prohibit certain funds from being used for certain efforts.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-09	To prevent funds from being used to prevent individuals from importing prescription drugs under certain circumstances.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-09	To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-09	To strike the earmark for the City of Whitefish Emergency Operations Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-08	To strike the provision relating to the Loran-C signal, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-08	To 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 Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-08	To 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 Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-07-08	To 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 Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-07	To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	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.