Ralph Harold Metcalfe on Spending & Budget

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Spending & Budget539 votes · 95.2/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

912 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 539 of them counted toward the score above: 418 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 121 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 373 did not count: 268 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 105 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
1973-04-16	TO PASS H. R. 6168.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 6168 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R,N.J.) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO IMPOSE A CEILING ON ALL FOOD PRICES AT LEVELS NO HIGHER THAN THOSE PREVAILING ON MARCH 16, 1973, AND TO STABILIZE RENTS AT LEVELS PREVAILING ON JANUARY 10, 1973.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R,N.J.) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO STABILIZE RENTS AT LEVELS PREVAILING ON JANUARY 10, 1973, AND TO ALLOW FOR A 2.5 PER CENTUM INCREASE ANNUALLY.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R,NJ) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE PRESIDENT TO STABILIZE RENTS AT LEVELS PREVAILING ON JANUARY 10, 1973. JANUARY 10, 1973.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R, N.J.) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO EXTEND THE ECONOMIC STABLIZATION ACT OF 1970 FOR 60 DAYS AND DIRECT THE PRESIDENT TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO STABILIZE INTEREST RATES, RENTS, PRICES, AND WAGES, AND TRANSMIT THE PROGRAM TO CONGRESS BY MAY 15, 1973.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R,N.J.) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT HEARINGS BE HELD BEFORE AN AGENCY REDUCES WAGES OR SALARIES AND THAT A STATEMENT OF EXPLANATION SHALL BE WRITTEN TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED WITHIN 30 DAYS.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-16	TO AMEND WIDNALL (R,NJ) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6168 SO AS TO IMPOSE A CEILING ON PRICES NO HIGHER THAN THOSE ON APRIL 16, 1973, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AT THE FARM LEVEL. THE WIDNALL AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE ECONOMIC STABLIZATION ACT OF 1970.H.R. 6168 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-04-12	TO PASS H. J. RES. 496, A BILL MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973 FOR THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD AND THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION.H.J.Res. 496 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1973-03-29	TO PASS H. R. 5293, A BILL AUTHORIZING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PEACE CORPS.H.R. 5293 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1973-03-29	TO RECOMMIT H. R. 5293, A BILL AUTHORIZING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PEACE CORPS, TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD LIMIT AUTHORIZATION TO 1 YEAR, AND REDUCE FUNDS BY $17 MILLION.H.R. 5293 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1973-02-21	TO PASS H. J. RES. 345, A RESOLUTION MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973.H.J.Res. 345 · 93rd Congress	Yea	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.