Solomon P. Ortiz on Spending & Budget

DemocratTX

Spending & Budget1,865 votes · 87.8/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

4,307 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,865 of them counted toward the score above: 1,507 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 358 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 2,442 did not count: 2,361 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 81 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
1983-03-03	TO PASS H.R. 1718. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1718 · 98th Congress	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1983-03-03	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 1718 TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1718 · 98th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1983-03-03	TO AMEND H.R. 1718 BY PROVIDING THAT 75 PERCENT OF THE FUNDING FOR JOB CREATION IN THE BILL MUST BE SPENT IN CIVIL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE HAD UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AVERAGING AT LEAST 90 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1718 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-03-03	TO ADOPT H. RES. 113, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.R. 1718 IS TO BE CONSIDERED. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1718 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-03-03	TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H. RES. 113, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.R. 1718 IS TO BE CONSIDERED. H.R. 1718 IS A BILL MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO MEET NEGLECTED NATIONAL NEEDS, TO PROTECT AND ADD TO THE NATIONAL WEALTH, RESULTING IN NOT MAKE-WORK BUT PRODUCTIVE JOBS FOR WOMEN AND MEN AND TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THE INDIGENT AND HOMELESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1983. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1718 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-01-03	TO COMMIT H. RES. 5 TO A SELECT COMMITTEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE RESOLUTION BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT STRIKING THE RULE CHANGE RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE OFFERING OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. H. RES. 5 ESTABLISHES THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NINETY-EIGHT CONGRESS. (MOTION PASSED)H.Res. 5 · 98th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1983-01-03	TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON A MOTION TO COMMIT H. RES. 5 TO A SELECT COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE RESOLUTION BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT STRIKING THE RULE CHANGE RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE OFFERING OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. H. RES. 5 ESTABLISHES THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NINETY-EIGTH CONGRESS. (MOTION PASSED)H.Res. 5 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

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.