Lindsey Graham on Spending & Budget

RepublicanSC

Spending & Budget1,754 votes · 68.3/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,411 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,754 of them counted toward the score above: 934 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 820 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,657 did not count: 1,598 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 59 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
1995-01-26	Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United States — (TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR, THE HOUSE PASSED H.J. RES. 1, PROPOSING A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1995-01-26	Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United States — (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE JOINT RESOLUTION TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS FROM TOTAL RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS THAT MUST BE BALANCED.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1995-01-26	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SCHAEFER AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE SUPERCEDING THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, WHILE PROVIDING SIMILAR BALANCED BUDGET PROVISIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, EXCEPT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE TO RAISE TAXES.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1995-01-26	(HOUSE REJECTED THE BONIOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THAT THE BUDGET BE BALANCED BY FISCAL YEAR 2002; EXEMPT SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BALANCED BUDGET CALCULATIONS; AND TO NOT REQUIRE SUPERMAJORITY VOTES FOR TAX OR DEBT LIMIT INCREASES.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1995-01-26	(HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS WHICH BALANCE; REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET; EXEMPT SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BALANCED BUDGET CALCULATIONS; AND PROVIDE THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL CONGRESS ADOPTS A SPECIFIC BUDGET PLAN.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1995-01-26	(HOUSE REJECTED THE WISE AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE CAPITAL BUDGET AND REQUIRE THAT THE OPERATING BUDGET BE BALANCED; EXEMPT SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET CALCULATIONS; AND PERMIT CONGRESS TO WAIVE THE BALANCED BUDGET PROVISIONS IN TIMES OF WAR, MILITARY CONFLICT, OR RECESSION AS DECLARED BY LAW.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1995-01-26	(HOUSE REJECTED THE OWENS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE SIMILAR BALANCED BUDGET PROVISIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE EXCEPT WOULD HAVE PERMITTED CONGRESS TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS BY LAW ANY YEAR FOR WHICH THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED CONGRESS AND CONGRESS ADOPTED A JOINT RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THAT THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS PROJECTED TO EXCEED FOUR PERCENT, AND WOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED A SUPERMAJORITY TO RAISE TAXES.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1995-01-26	H.J.R.1 BY BARTON (R-TX) -- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AMENDMENT BALANCED BUDGET (CONTRACT WITH AMERICA) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REQUIRING THE ADOPTION OF A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS WHICH ARE IN BALANCE; REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET; REQUIRING A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE FOR DEFICIT SPENDING, INCREASES IN THE DEBT LIMIT; AND INCREASES IN TAX REVENUES; AND PROVIDING THAT A MAJORITY OF EACH HOUSE CAN WAIVE THE PROVISIONS IN CASE OF WAR OR A SERIOUS MILITARY THREAT AS DECLARED BY LAW.)H.J.Res. 1 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1995-01-25	Relating to Social Security with regards to the Balanced Budget Amendment — H.C.R.17 BY FLANAGAN (R-IL) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY UNDER ANY BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (HOUSE PASSED H. CON. RES. 17, RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY UNDER ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REQUIRING A BALANCED BUDGET.)H.Con.Res. 17 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1995-01-25	Providing for the consideration of H, Con, Res 17 and H,J, Res. 1; relating to the Balanced Budget Amendment — (HOUSE PASSED H. RES. 44, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.J. RES. 1 AND H. CON. RES. 17 WERE CONSIDERED.)H.Res. 44 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
1995-01-25	Providing for the consideration of H, Con, Res 17 and H,J, Res. 1; relating to the Balanced Budget Amendment — H.RES.44 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION - H.C.R. 17 AND H.J.R. 1 (HOUSE AGREED TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE RULE AND THE RULE.)H.Res. 44 · 104th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	Direction not readable

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.