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Joseph Francis Smith on Spending & Budget

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Spending & Budget122 votes
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

219 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 122 of them counted toward the score above: 102 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 20 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 97 did not count: 63 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 34 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
1981-09-10TO AMEND H.R. 4209, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982, BY INCREASING COAST GUARD APPROPRIATIONS BY $6.19 MILLION AND BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE COAST GUARD BELOW THAT LEVEL EXISTING AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 1981. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4209 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-09-10TO AMEND H.R. 4209, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY BY $1 MILLION. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4209 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-09-10TO AMEND H.R. 4209, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982, BY INCREASING COAST GUARD APPROPRIATIONS BY $8.4 MILLION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4209 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-09-10TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO CONSIDER H.R. 4209, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4209 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-09-09TO PASS H.R. 4169, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4169 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-09-09TO AMEND H.R. 4169, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1981, BY STRIKING THE FUNDING FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4169 · 97th CongressNayFiscal expansion
1981-09-09TO AMEND H.R. 4169, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1981, BY PREVENTING THE USE OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO OBSTRUCT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS OF VOLUNTARY PRAYER AND MEDITATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4169 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-09-09TO AMEND H.R. 4169, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1982, BY PREVENTING THE USE OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO REQUIRE, REQUEST, OR RECOMMEND, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CAUSE OF ACTION THAT IS OR MAY BE BROUGHT FOR VIOLATION OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4169 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-07-31TO PASS H.R. 4331, AMENDING THE OMNIBUS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1981 TO RESTORE MINIMUM BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4331 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-07-30TO AGREE TO H. RES. 188, THE RULE WAIVING CERTAIN POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST H.R. 4169, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL 1982. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Res. 118 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-07-30TO PASS H.R. 4121, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal expansion
1981-07-30TO AMEND H.R. 4121, TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS, BY REDUCING BY $13,575,000 THE FUNDING FOR THE SAVINGS BOND DIVISION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SALE OF U.S. SAVINGS BONDS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressNayFiscal expansion
1981-07-30TO AMEND H.R. 4121, TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS TO FORMULATE OR CARRY OUT ANY RULE WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF TAX EXEMPT STATUS TO PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS UNLESS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO AUG. 22, 1978. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-07-30TO AMEND H.R. 4121, TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS, EXCEPT WHERE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER IS ENDANGERED, TO PAY FOR AN ABORTION OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH ANY HEALTH PLAN UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM WHICH COVERS ABORTION. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1981-07-30TO AMEND H.R. 4121, TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS, BY REDUCING FUNDING FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1981 LEVEL. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressNayFiscal expansion
1981-07-30TO AMEND H.R. 4121, FISCAL 1982 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, BY RESTORING $13.5 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE SAVINGS BOND DIVISION TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF U.S. SAVINGS BONDS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressNayFiscal restraint
1981-07-28TO AMEND H.R. 4121, FISCAL 1982 APPROPRIATIONS FOR TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE, BY REDUCING BY $13,575,000 THE FUNDING FOR THE SAVINGS BOND DIVISION, WHICH WOULD BE USED FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SALE OF U.S. SAVINGS BONDS. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-07-28TO AMEND H.R. 4121, FISCAL 1982 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND POSTAL SERVICE, BY REDUCING BY $5 MILLION THE FUNDING FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4121 · 97th CongressYeaFiscal restraint
1981-07-28TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 160, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO MONETARY POLICY, INFLATION, AND HIGH INTEREST RATES. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Con.Res. 160 · 97th CongressYeaDirection 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.