Claire McCaskill on Spending & Budget

DemocratMO

Spending & Budget571 votes · 84.9/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

981 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 571 of them counted toward the score above: 382 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 189 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 410 did not count: 392 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 18 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
2009-10-29	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-10-29	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-27	A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-22	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes.H.R. 2647 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-22	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes.H.R. 2647 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-20	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-15	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-10-14	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2009-10-13	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2847 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-08	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2847 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Recommit	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-10-08	A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2997 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-08	To eliminate funding for Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction.H.R. 2847 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-10-07	To prohibit funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.H.R. 2847 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-10-06	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3326 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-30	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-30	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-30	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-24	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-24	To help preserve America's national parks and other public land treasures by reducing maintenance backlogs that threaten the health and safety of visitors.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-24	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-09-24	To ensure that the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (commonly known as the "White House Climate Change Czar") is not directing actions of departments and agencies funded by this Act.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-09-23	To strike the earmarks for the Save America's Treasure program and to provide criteria for the distribution of grants under that program.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-23	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-09-22	A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-22	To prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the Des Moines Art Center in the State of Iowa.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-22	To support the participation of the Smithsonian Institution in activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009.H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-09-17	Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).H.R. 2996 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-17	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-17	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-09-17	To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the Brownsfields Economic Development Initiative program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-17	To limit the use of funds for the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-17	To prohibit the use of funds for households that include convicted drug dealing or domestic violence offenders or members of violent gangs that occupy rebuilt public housing in New Orleans.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-16	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-09-16	To prohibit the use of stimulus funds for self-congratulatory signage that allows lawmakers to promote their spending of taxpayer dollars on stimulus projects.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-09-16	To affirm the continuing existence of the community service requirements under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-09-16	To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-09-16	To fully provide for the critical surface transportation needs of the United States by prohibiting funds from being used on lower-priority projects, such as transportation museums.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-16	To remove an unnecessary and burdensome mandate on the States, by allowing them to opt out of a provision that requires States to spend 10 percent of their surface transportation funds on enhancement projects such as road-kill reduction and highway beautification.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-09-15	To provide that all amounts in the bill provided for congressional earmarks shall be made available for NextGen and NextGen programs.H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-09-14	Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).H.R. 3288 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-08-06	A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.H.R. 3435 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-08-06	A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.H.R. 3435 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-08-04	A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2997 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-08-04	A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2997 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-30	A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-30	A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-30	To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-30	To repeal a certain provision of the SAFETEA-LU.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-30	To offset the appropriation of funds to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund with unobligated nonveterans funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-30	To temporarily protect the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.H.R. 3357 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-29	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-29	To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-29	To provide requirements regarding the authority of the Department of Energy to enter into certain contracts.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-07-29	To reduce the appropriation for Departmental Administration of the Department of Energy so that the Department can set an example for all Americans by reducing unnecessary energy usage.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-29	To limit disbursement of additional funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to certain automobile manufacturers, to impose fiduciary duties on the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to shareholders of such automobile manufacturers, to require the issuance of shares of common stock to eligible taxpayers which represent the common stock holdings of the United States Government in such automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-28	To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any project or site-specific location identified in the committee report unless the project is specifically authorized or to carry out an unauthorized appropriation.H.R. 3183 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-23	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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. 1390 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-09	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-07-09	To increase funding for firefighter assistance grants and recruitment and retention grants.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-09	To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-09	To prohibit certain funds from being used for certain efforts.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-09	To prevent funds from being used to prevent individuals from importing prescription drugs under certain circumstances.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-09	To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-09	To strike the earmark for the City of Whitefish Emergency Operations Center.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-08	To strike the provision relating to the Loran-C signal, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-08	To require grants for Emergency Operations Centers and financial assistance for the predisaster mitigation program to be awarded without regard to earmarks.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-08	To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-08	To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-07-07	To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-07-06	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-06-25	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.H.R. 2918 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-06-18	A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-06-18	A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-05-21	A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-05-21	To strike the provisions relating to increased funding for the International Monetary Fund.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-05-21	A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-05-20	To express the sense of the Senate on consultation with State and local governments in the transfer to the United States of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-05-20	To limit the release of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending a report on the prisoner population at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-05-20	To prohibit funding to transfer, release, or incarcerate detainees detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States.H.R. 2346 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-29	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Concurrent Resolution	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2009-04-02	To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-04-02	To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2009-04-02	To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2009-04-02	To prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts for auto manufacturers.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-04-02	To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-02	To save the American taxpayer over $150,000,000,000 by adjusting spending levels beyond fiscal year 2010 to compensate for spending from the stimulus bill in the corresponding fiscal years.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2009-04-02	To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable

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