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Don Nickles

Don Nickles on Spending & Budget

RepublicanOK

Spending & Budget1,781 votes · 83/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,028 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,781 of them counted toward the score above: 768 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 1,013 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,247 did not count: 1,233 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
1981-04-02TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SAVINGS TO BE REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal expansion
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY INCREASING BY $2,373,000,000 THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION REQUIRED OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 305(B)2 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT THAT WOULD HAVE RULED METZENBAUM AMENDMENT TO S. CON. RES. 9, REQUIRING REDUCTIONS IN TAX EXPENDITURES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayDirection not readable
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY REDUCING FUNDS FOR PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS (COLA). (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE, CONRAIL, AND MASS TRANSIT. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND PREVENTION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY PROVIDING FOR AN ACROSS THE (CONTINUED) BOARD REDUCTION IN ENERGY ACTIVITIES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal expansion
1981-04-01TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT PROGRAMS, PREVENTIVE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS, AND URBAN MASS TRANSIT PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR PELL GRANTS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-03-31TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-30TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING $1.5 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-30TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY MINIMUM BENEFITS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-27TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-27TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY INCREASING SAVINGS IN PROGRAMS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROGRAMS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayDirection not readable
1981-03-27TO AGREE TO DIVISION 2 OF HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. CON. RES. 9, BY CUTTING $900 MILLION IN BUDGET AUTHORITY AND $200 MILLION IN OUTLAYS IN FISCAL 1982 FROM PROGRAMS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-03-27TO AGREE TO DIVISION 1 OF HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. CON. RES. 9, BY ADDING $200 MILLION IN BUDGET AUTHORITY AND $200 MILLION IN OUTLAYS FOR PROGRAMS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-26TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATIONS REDUCTIONS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN VETERANS' PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-26TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR VETERANS' MEDICAL SERVICES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-03-26TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 9, REVISING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEARS 1981-1983, BY REDUCING OUTLAYS IN FISCAL 1982 FOR PROCUREMENT BY $2 BILLION. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 2S.Con.Res. 9 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-02-06TO PASS H. R. 1553, TEMPORARY PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT INCREASE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1553 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-02-06TO TABLE BYRD AMENDMENT TO H. R. 1553, TEMPORARY PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT INCREASE, TO DECREASE THE LEVEL OF TEMPORARY DEBT (CONTINUED) LIMIT FROM $585 BILLION TO $563 BILLION. (MOTION PASSED)97th CongressYeaFiscal 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.