Jeff Merkley on Spending & Budget

DemocratOR

Spending & Budget743 votes · 78.6/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

1,363 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 743 of them counted toward the score above: 506 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 237 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 620 did not count: 614 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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
2017-01-11	To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce health insurance access and affordability for individuals based on their occupation.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2017-01-11	To create a point of order against legislation that would repeal health reforms that closed the prescription drug coverage gap under Medicare.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2017-01-10	To prevent the Senate from breaking Donald Trump's promise that "there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid".S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2017-01-10	To strengthen Social Security and Medicare without raiding it to pay for new Government programs, like Obamacare, that have failed Americans by increasing premiums and reducing affordable health care options, to reform Medicaid without prioritizing able-bodied adults over the disabled, and to return regulation of insurance to State governments.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2017-01-09	To protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2017-01-09	In the nature of a substitute.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2017-01-05	To prohibit legislation that makes America sick again.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-01-04	A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.S.Con.Res. 3 · 115th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-12-09	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-12-09	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-12-08	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-12-07	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-09-28	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-09-28	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-09-28	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-09-27	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-09-27	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-09-20	A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5325 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-09-06	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-09-06	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-07-14	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-07-14	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-07-14	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-07-14	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-07-14	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-07-07	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-29	A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.S. 2328 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-29	A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.S. 2328 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-29	A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.S. 2328 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-29	A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.S. 2328 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-28	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-23	To authorize the Attorney General to delay or deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and issuance of Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-06-23	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2016-06-22	To amend section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that the Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication transactional records under that section, and to make permanent the authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-06-20	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2016-06-20	To authorize the Attorney General to deny requests to transfer a firearm to known or suspected terrorists.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-06-20	To Secure our Homeland from radical Islamists by Enhancing Law enforcement Detection ("SHIELD").H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-06-20	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-06-20	To address gun violence and improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-06-14	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2578 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-06-14	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-10	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-08	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-06-08	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-06-08	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-25	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 2943 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-19	A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-19	To prohibit the use of funds to carry out a rule and notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-05-19	To prohibit the use of funds to carry out a final rule and notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-05-19	To extend and expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish consistent criteria and standards relating to the use of amounts under the Medical Community Care account of the Department of Veterans Affairs.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-19	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-05-19	Zika response and preparedness.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-19	Zika response and preparedness.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-17	Zika response and preparedness.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-17	Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2016-05-17	Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.H.R. 2577 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-12	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-05-11	To provide for the operation of reservoir projects by the Bureau of Reclamation.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-05-11	To use Federal and State expertise to mitigate fish and wildlife impacts at Corps of Engineers projects.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-05-11	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-05-11	Of a perfecting nature.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-05-09	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-04-28	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-04-27	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-04-26	To withhold certain funds for the construction of environmental infrastructure.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2016-04-26	To make funding for water management improvement subject to a condition.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-04-26	To provide for funding for wind energy.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-04-25	To add a provision relating to certain requirements in the acquisition of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2016-04-21	To provide funding for the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-04-21	To limit the use of funds made available for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2016-04-21	To prohibit the use of funds relating to a certain definition.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2016-04-20	To eliminate funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, the Denali Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2016-04-20	To modify funding for certain projects of the Department of Energy.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-04-19	An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2016 through 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 636 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2016-03-02	To make appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2015-12-18	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-12-18	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2015-12-18	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Fiscal expansion
2015-12-18	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2015-11-10	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2015-11-10	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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. 1356 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-11-05	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2015-11-05	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-10-30	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.H.R. 1314 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-10-30	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.H.R. 1314 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-10-30	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.H.R. 1314 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-10-08	A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2028 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-10-07	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-10-07	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-10-06	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-10-01	A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2029 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-09-30	A bill to require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to existing Federal law and regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, and for other purposes.H.R. 719 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-09-28	A bill to require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to existing Federal law and regulations regarding criminal investigator positions, and for other purposes.H.R. 719 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-09-24	Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 61 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-09-22	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-07-09	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Fiscal expansion
2015-07-09	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-06-18	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-06-18	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Fiscal restraint
2015-06-17	An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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.H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Fiscal 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.