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Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez on Spending & Budget

DemocratNJ

Spending & Budget1,732 votes · 80.3/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,643 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,732 of them counted toward the score above: 1,228 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 504 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,911 did not count: 1,867 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 44 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
2009-03-05To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-03-05To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-05To modify a provision relating to the repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-05To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-04To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-04To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-04To provide funds for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-04To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-03-03A bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2009-03-03A bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2009-03-03In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-02-13A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2009-02-13A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-02-10A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2009-02-10In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-02-09In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-02-06No Statement of Purpose on File.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-06To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the 5-year carry back of general business credits.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-02-06Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-06To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives for energy property.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-02-06To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-02-06To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2009-02-06To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2009-02-06To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-05To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-05In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-05In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-05To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 803 of division A.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-02-05To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-05In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-04To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-02-04To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2009-02-04To reduce income taxes for all working taxpayers.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2009-02-04To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-04To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-04To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-04In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-04To eliminate unnecessary spending.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-02-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2009-02-03To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2009-02-03To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-27A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-27A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-26A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.S. 3604 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-17An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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.S. 3001 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-16An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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.S. 3001 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-09-08An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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.S. 3001 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-07-31An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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.S. 3001 · 110th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaFiscal expansion
2008-07-28A bill to advance America's priorities.S. 3297 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2008-07-28A bill to advance America's priorities.S. 3297 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2008-07-16A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.H.R. 5501 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2008-07-16To limit the period during which appropriations may be made to carry out this Act and to create a point of order in the Senate against any appropriation to carry out this Act that exceeds the amount authorized for fiscal year 2013.S. 2731 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2008-07-11A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.S. 2731 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-06-26A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-06-26A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-06-04An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2008-05-22In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2008-05-22In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2008-05-22In the nature of substitute.H.R. 2642 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2008-05-15An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2008-05-15An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2008-05-15An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2008-05-15An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-05-15An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2008-04-28A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes.H.R. 2881 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-14An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-14Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for comprehensive legislation to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-14To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-14To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-14To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-14To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To exempt from pay-as-you-go enforcement modifications to the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) that prevent millions of additional taxpayers from having to pay the AMT.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the R&D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 3-year extension of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To raise taxes by an unprecedented $1.4 trillion for the purpose of fully funding 111 new or expanded federal spending programs.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2008-03-13To protect the family budget by providing 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. 70 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2008-03-13To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-03-13To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2008-03-13To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal 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.