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Barbara A. Mikulski

Barbara A. Mikulski on Spending & Budget

DemocratMD

Spending & Budget2,918 votes · 89/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

4,863 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,918 of them counted toward the score above: 2,291 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 627 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,945 did not count: 1,837 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 108 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
2003-09-10To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To provide additional funds for programs relating to West Nile Virus and to fund the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To provide an additional $100,000,000 to carry out the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program under B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-09-10To provide additional funding for teacher quality programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 and for the Mathematics and Science Partnerships and the school leadership program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To prohibit funds appropriated in this Act from being used by the Department of Education to enforce any requirement under section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, or to implement penalties or sanctions under part A of title I of such Act, if the amount appropriated to carry out such part A for fiscal year 2004 is less than $18,500,000,000.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-09-10To increase funding for the promoting safe and stable families program.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To provide additional funding for afterschool programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To restore cuts in student aid.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To increase funding for certain literacy, library, and museum programs.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To increase funding for immunization services.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To provide funding for home energy assistance needs under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To provide additional funding for programs under the Ryan White Care Act.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-10To protect the rights of employees to receive overtime compensation.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-09-09To increase funds for Head Start.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-09To provide funding for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, global HIV/AIDS.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-09To increase student financial aid by an amount that matches the increase in low- and middle-income family college costs.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-09To provide additional funding for education for the disadvantaged.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-05To provide additional funding for the Fund for the Improvement of Education.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-05To provide additional funding to ensure an adequate bioterrorism preparedness workforce.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-04To provide funding for rural education.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-04To restore funding for certain programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-03To increase funding for a part B of the individuals with Disabilities Education Act.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-03To provide additional funding for the Impact Aid Program.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-09-03To increase funding for certain education and related programs.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-24A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-24To provide post-employment lobbying restrictions on employees of the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-07-24To appropriate $1,000,000,000 for grants to public transit agencies to enhance public transportation security against terrorist threats.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-24To prohibit funds appropriated under this Act from being used by any advisory committee that has been exempted from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-07-24To increase the funding for discretionary grants for use in high-threat urban areas and decrease funding for information analysis and infrastructure protection, science and technology, and research and development.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-07-24To increase the funding for discretionary grants for use in high-threat urban areas.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-24Fulfilling Homeland Security Promises.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-07-24To fund urgent priorities for our Nation's firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and emergency medical personnel, and all Americans by reducing the 2003 tax breaks for individuals with annual income in excess of $1,000,000.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To make available an additional $200,000,000 to increase the number of border personnel at the northern border of the United States by the end of fiscal year 2004.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To appropriate $8,000,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection to conduct chemical facility security assessments.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To increase the amount of the appropriation for firefighter assistance grants by $150,000,000.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To increase the funds for research and development related to transportation security, and for other purposes.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To provide funds to increase maritime security.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To increase funding for emergency management performance grants.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-23To require a classified report to Congress on the security costs incurred by State and local government law enforcement personnel in each state in complying with requests and requirements of the United States Secret Service to provide protective services and transportation for foreign and domestic officials.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-07-22To fulfill Homeland Security promises.H.R. 2555 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-17A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-11A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2559 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-07-11A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2657 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-05-23A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayFiscal restraint
2003-05-23To limit the applicability of public debt limit to social security trust funds.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2003-05-23To extend the current-law pay-as-you-go requirement.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal restraint
2003-05-23To extend the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, to provide additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation, and to make extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act temporarily available for employees.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-05-23To express the sense of the Senate that Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should not be reduced.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2003-05-23To reduce the amount by which the statutory limit on the public debt is increased.H.J.Res. 51 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2003-05-22An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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. 1050 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-05-15To improve access to higher education for middle-income families by making resources available to expand the Hope and Lifetime Learning Scholarship Credits and for lower-income families by making resources available to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4500 and to provide an equal amount for deficit reduction by eliminating the 10 percent dividend tax exclusion for amounts above $500 and eliminating acceleration of the 38.6 percent income tax rate education.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-04-11A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013.H.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayDirection not readable
2003-04-03An original bill making supplemental appropriations to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, and Related Efforts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To provide humanitarian food assistance in connection with U.S. activities in Iraq.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To increase the appropriation for the Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, by $2,330,000,000.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To increase funds for Protection and Preparedness of high threat areas under the Office for Domestic Preparedness.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To express the sense of the Senate on paying the costs of the war with Iraq.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-04-03To protect the prerogatives of the Congress in the allocation of homeland security funding.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2003-04-03To allocate additional funds for certain federal homeland security programs.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To remove unauthorized and earmarked appropriations.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To set aside $30,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security for research and development and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from the threat posed by man-portable air defense systems.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-04-02To appropriate $1, 047,000,000 for procurement for the National Guard and Reserves.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal expansion
2003-04-02Relative to port security.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2003-03-26An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-26To express the sense of the Senate regarding extending the $1,000 child credit for three additional years (2011-2013).S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-26To extend the child tax credit until the year 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-26To provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, guard, and reserve forces, such as augmenting Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation allowance, and for modernization of equipment, weapons, and technology needs of the National Guard and Reserves in recognition of those currently involved in conflict Operations and the needs of their family members left behind.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-26To increase the budget allocation for programs to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-26To provide full and mandatory funding for IDEA beginning in FY2004.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To restore funding for programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To express the sense of the Senate on low income programs and the income tax on certain Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-25To provide for a $150 billion revenue stimulus for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 without adding to the long-term debt.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To restore education cuts.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To restore funding for vocational education to the fiscal year 2003 level for fiscal years 2004 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25In the nature of a substitute.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-25To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-25To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Act ("Byrne Grant" program) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, and to reduce the deficit, by reducing the size of newly proposed tax cuts.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local governments to hire additional firefighters and not less that $750,000,000 per year for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training, and to provide for a reduction in the deficit.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax reductions for taxpayers with annual incomes greater then $300,000, and to provide an additional $3,000,000,000 for deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To foster greater debate in the Senate and to prevent further increases in the deficit by striking the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To provide a substitute.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-25To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve Personnel and their families on a continual basis, offset with reductions to the tax cut.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To increase discretionary health spending for fiscal year 2004 by $2,800,000,000 and make an offsetting reduction in overall administrative expenses.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-21To make available funds for certain transportation programs.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To make available funds for the COPS program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To provide adequate funds for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To reduce tax cut to $350 billion.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To reduce the reconciliation instruction by $375 billion, reduce the size of tax cuts allowed by $980 billion and to reduce deficits by $1.1 Trillion.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To increase FY 2004 funding for the discretionary programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs by $1,019,000,000, so it matches the level proposed by a coalition of veterans groups in the Independent Budget; to decrease the deficit by a similar amount; and to use the unreconciled tax cut to pay for it.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To raise the 2003 caps by $3.5 billion for homeland security funding through a Domestic Defense Fund at the Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in FY 2003 and to reduce the size of newly proposed tax cuts in the amount of $7 billion to pay for this amendment and for the cost of previously passed homeland security funding.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individualS.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal 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.