Abner Joseph Mikva on Spending & Budget

DemocratIL

Spending & Budget556 votes · 90.2/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

821 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 556 of them counted toward the score above: 396 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 160 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 265 did not count: 251 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 14 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
1975-05-01	TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.CON.RES. 218. (SEE VAR. 129)H.Con.Res. 218 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-05-01	TO AMEND THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT TO H.CON.RES. 218 BY REDUCING THE PROJECTED DEFICIT TO $54.4 BILLION.H.Con.Res. 218 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-05-01	TO AMEND THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 218 BY BALANCING OUTLAYS AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL 1976 (ELIMINATING THE PROPOSED DEFICIT OF $73 BILLION).H.Con.Res. 218 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-05-01	TO AMEND THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.CON. RES. 218. THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT REMOVES THE CAP ON COST-OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND FEDERAL PAY INCREASES. THE REUSS AMENDMENT THERETO RAISES REVENUES BY $3 BILLION BY CLOSING CERTAIN TAX LOOPHOLES.H.Con.Res. 218 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1975-05-01	TO AMEND H. CON. RES. 218, SETTING FORTH ON AN AGGREGATE BASIS THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL 1976, BY REDUCING DEFICIT BY 9.8 % AND OUTLAYS BY 2 PER CENT.H.Con.Res. 218 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-04-16	TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5901,MAKING, FISCAL 1976 EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT INCREASES EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FUNDS BY $500 MILLION. WHILE THE QUIE AMENDMENT LIMITS THE INCREASE TO $137 MILLION.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-04-15	TO PASS H.R. 5899, MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATONS FOR FISCAL 1975.H.R. 5899 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1975-04-09	TO PASS H.R. 4700, AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR NASA.H.R. 4700 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1975-03-25	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3260, A BILL TO RESCIND CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY.H.R. 3260 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1975-03-24	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4592, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL 1975.H.R. 4592 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1975-03-24	TO AGREE TO H.RES. 355, A RULE WAIVING THE 3-DAY LAYOVER REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4592, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL.H.Res. 355 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-03-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. RES. 258, DESIGNATING MARCH 21, 1975, AS EARTH DAY.H.Res. 258 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-03-13	TO PASS H.R. 4592, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL 1975.H.R. 4592 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1975-03-12	TO PASS H.R. 4481, A BILL MAKING EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT APPROPRIATIONS.H.R. 4481 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1975-03-12	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 4481, A BILL MAKING EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT APPROPRIATIONS, TO THE COMM. ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT DELETING $2.16 BILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, INTERIOR, LABOR, AND TREASURY, AND THE VETERANS' AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.H.R. 4481 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-02-25	TO PASS H.R. 3260.H.R. 3260 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1975-02-25	TO AMEND H.R. 3260 BY RESCINDING $123 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 12 AIR FORCE F-111F FIGHTERBOMBERS.H.R. 3260 · 94th Congress	Yea	Fiscal restraint
1975-02-25	TO AMEND H.R. 3260, A BILL TO RESCIND CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY, BY AGREEING TO ALL RESCISSIONS REQUESTED BY THE PRESIDENT EXCEPT $284 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR THE HILL-BURTON ACT.H.R. 3260 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1975-02-20	TO PASS H.J.RES. 210, MAKING FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1975.H.J.Res. 210 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1975-02-20	TO AMEND H.J.RES. 210, MAKING FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1975, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE RENOVATION AND MAINTAINANCE OF A FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR USE OF ADDITIONAL CONGRESIONAL OFFICE SPACE.H.J.Res. 210 · 94th Congress	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1975-02-05	TO PASS H.R. 2634, TO INCREASE THE TEMPORARY DEBT LIMIT AND TO EXTEND SUCH TEMPORARY DEBT LIMIT UNTIL JUNE 30, 1975.H.R. 2634 · 94th 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.