Christopher John on Spending & Budget

DemocratLA

Spending & Budget356 votes · 83.4/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

1,206 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 356 of them counted toward the score above: 269 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 87 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 850 did not count: 828 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 22 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
1997-05-07	Expressing the Sense of the House that the Bureau of Labor Statistics determine any adjustments in the Consumer Price Index — H.RES.93 BY FOX (R-PA) -- RESOLUTION REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H.RES. 93, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ALONE SHOULD MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, IF ANY ARE NEEDED, TO THE METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.)H.Res. 93 · 105th Congress · Suspend the rules and agree	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-03-12	Request New Balanced Budget from the President — (HOUSE PASSED H. RES. 89, REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 THAT WOULD BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2002 WITHOUT RELYING ON BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.)H.Res. 89 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1997-03-12	Request New Balanced Budget from the President — H.RES.89 BY SUNUNU (R-NH) -- RESOLUTION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A BALANCED BUDGET BY THE PRESIDENT (HOUSE REJECTED THE SPRATT MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT A DETAILED BUDGET PLAN TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2002 IN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 301(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974, WHICH REQUIRES CONGRESS TO COMPLETE ACTION ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15 ON A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1 OF SUCH YEAR.)H.Res. 89 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1997-03-12	Providing for the consideration of H.Res. 89; Request New Balanced Budget from the President — (HOUSE PASSED H. RES. 90, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H. RES. 89 WAS CONSIDERED.)H.Res. 90 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-03-12	Providing for the consideration of H.Res. 89; Request New Balanced Budget from the President — H.RES.90 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION - H.RES. 89 (HOUSE AGREED TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE RULE.)H.Res. 90 · 105th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-02-13	Approving the Presidential Finding Regarding International Family Planning Programs — H.J.R.36 BY ARMEY (R-TX) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC LAW 104-208 ON POPULATION PLANNING PROGRAMS (HOUSE PASSED H.J. RES. 36, APPROVING THE PRESIDENTIAL FINDING THAT THE LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION 518A(A) OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1997, IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE POPULATION PLANNING PROGRAM.)H.J.Res. 36 · 105th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Fiscal restraint

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.