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Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell on Spending & Budget

RepublicanKY

Spending & Budget2,449 votes · 77.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

4,258 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,449 of them counted toward the score above: 1,340 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 1,109 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,809 did not count: 1,779 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 30 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2007-09-06To limit the cases in which funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is performed by more than 10 Federal employees.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To prohibit the use of funds to expand the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-09-06To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-09-05To strike section 225, relating to a prohibition on the disposal of Department of Veterans Affairs lands and improvements at West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2007-07-26A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2007-07-18To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-07-17To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-07-17To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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.H.R. 1585 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-24Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 2206 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-05-17An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-17Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions.H.R. 2206 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-05-09An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-05-09An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-05-09An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-04-26A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2007-04-17An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-04-16An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2007-04-12An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.S. 372 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-29A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-29In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · Whether the Amendment is GermaneNayDirection not readable
2007-03-29To appropriate an additional $1,500,000,000 for Procurement, Marine Corps, to accelerate the procurement of an additional 2,500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for the Armed Forces.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-29To prohibit the use of funds to make payments to certain spinach growers and first handlers.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-29To provide additional funding for certain programs under the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act of 2006, by increasing funding for the United States Marshals Service to track down convicted sex offenders who have failed to register as a sex offender as required by law and by increasing funding for United States attorneys to prosecute child exploitation and child pornography cases as part of Project Safe Childhood.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-28To remove $100 million in funding for the Republican and Democrat party conventions in 2008.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2007-03-28To provide farm assistance in a fiscally responsible manner.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-28To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-28To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-28A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-27To strike language that would tie the hands of the Commander-in-Chief by imposing an arbitrary timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, thereby undermining the position of American Armed Forces and jeopardizing the successful conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom.H.R. 1591 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the ResolutionNayDirection not readable
2007-03-23To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-23To repeal the death tax.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To amend the budget resolution for fiscal year 2008 in order to accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To extend the 35, 33, 28, and 25 percent income tax rate structure and protect nearly 28,000,000 families and individuals, including small business owners, from having their tax rates increase to 39.6, 36, 31, or 28 percent.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To prevent the adding of extraneous earmarks to an emergency war supplemental.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs and reduce the Federal debt by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To reform the death tax by setting the exemption at $5 million per estate, indexed for inflation, and the top death tax rate at no more than 35% beginning in 2010; to avoid subjecting an estimated 119,200 families, family businesses, and family farms to the death tax each and every year; to promote continued economic growth and job creation; and to make the enhanced teacher deduction permanent.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-23To save families from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) first by permitting a deduction for personal exemptions for purposes of computing the AMT.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-23To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To provide budget levels to extend through 2012 the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and energy tax provisions for energy efficient buildings and power plants.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-22To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To strike the reserve funds.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To establish a 60-vote point of order for legislation that creates unfunded mandates on small business concerns.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To restore the top marginal tax rate to pre-2001 levels on taxable income in excess of $1 million and use the increased revenue to increase funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Act.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-22To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending on programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-22To establish a reserve fund for Social Security.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide additional funding resources in FY2008 for investments in innovation and education in order to improve the competitiveness of the United States.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide a point of order against any budget resolution that fails to achieve an on-budget balance within 5 years.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-21To ensure that our troops serving in harms way remain Americas top budget priority by ensuring full funding for the Department of Defense within the regular appropriations process, reducing reliance on supplemental appropriations bills, and by improving the integrity of the Congressional budget process.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-03-21To exclude the extension of tax relief provided in 2001 and 2003 from points of order provided in the resolution and other budget points of order.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2007-03-21To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-03-21To provide tax relief to middle class families and small businesses and to expand health insurance coverage for children.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2007-02-14A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 20 · 110th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2007-02-13A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 20 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2006-12-05To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance.H.R. 5384 · 109th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2006-11-14An act making appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5385 · 109th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2006-09-29A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2006-09-07A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2006-09-07To make available an additional $65,400,000 for additional appropriations for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of Predators for Special Operations forces, and to designate the amount as an emergency requirement.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2006-08-03A bill to provide economic security for all Americans, and for otherpurposes.H.R. 4 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2006-07-13A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2006-07-13To increase appropriations for disaster relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2006-07-13To provide that appropriations under this Act may not be used for the purpose of providing certain grants, unless all such grants meet certain conditions for allocation.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2006-06-22An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2006-06-22An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2006-06-15A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2006-05-04A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2006-05-04To provide, with an offset, $20,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Medical Facilities.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-05-03To provide assistance relating to assessments and monitoring of waters in the State of Hawaii.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2006-05-03To increase funds made available for assessments of critical reservoirs and dams in the State of Hawaii.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2006-05-03To strike a provision that provides $74.5 million to states based on their production of certain types of crops, livestock and or diary products, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2006-05-03To provide funding to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2006-05-02To provide that none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for hurricane relief and recovery contracts exceeding $500,000 that are awarded using procedures other than competitive procedures.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-05-02To perfect the bill.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-05-02To strike a provision providing $6 million to sugarcane growers in Hawaii, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2006-05-02A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2006-04-27To express the sense of the Senate on requests for funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-04-27To perfect the bill.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2006-04-26To perfect the bill.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2006-04-26To provide an additional $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2006-04-26A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2006-04-26To return the bill to the President's proposal.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2006-04-26To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2006-04-26To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-16An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-16To deny funds in FY2007 for the United Nations Human Rights Council, which the United States just voted against because countries found complicit in sustained human rights abuses are eligible for Council membership. Savings redirected to border security.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-16To provide funding for implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 from ANWR.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2006-03-16To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide seniors with a prescription drug benefit option that is affordable, user-friendly, and administered directly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2006-03-16To strike the direct spending limitation.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2006-03-16No Statement of Purpose on File.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable

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