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Arlen Specter on Spending & Budget

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Spending & Budget2,192 votes · 85.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,705 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,192 of them counted toward the score above: 1,434 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 758 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,513 did not count: 1,460 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 53 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
1981-03-26TO 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 CongressNayFiscal expansion
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.