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Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions on Spending & Budget

RepublicanAL

Spending & Budget1,222 votes · 70.5/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

2,009 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,222 of them counted toward the score above: 514 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 708 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 787 did not count: 755 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 32 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
2005-03-16To increase discretionary health and education funding by $2,000,000,000.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2005-03-16To increase veterans medical care by $2.8 billion in 2006.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2005-03-16To increase veterans medical care by $410,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-16To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2005-03-16To strike section 201(a)(4) relative to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-03-16To provide adequate funding of $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2006 to preserve a national intercity passenger rail system.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2005-03-15To protect the American people from terrorist attacks by providing the necessary resources to our firefighters, police, EMS workers and other first-responders by restoring $1,626 billion in cuts to first-responder programs.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2005-03-15To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject any Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-03-15To express the sense of the Senate that failing to address the financial condition of Social Security will result in massive debt, deep benefit cuts and tax increases.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-15To ensure that 75-year solvency has been restored to Social Security before Congress considers new deficit-financed legislation that would increase mandatory spending or cut taxes.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2005-03-15To express the sense of the Senate regarding the urgent need for legislation to ensure the long-term viability of the Social Security program.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-14To restore funding for education programs that are cut and reduce debt by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-11-20A bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4818 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportNayFiscal restraint
2004-11-17A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit.S. 2986 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2004-10-09To implement responsible subcommittee reorganization in the Committee on Appropriations.S.Res. 445 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-10-07To strike section 402 and vest intelligence appropriations jurisdiction in the Select Committee on Intelligence.S.Res. 445 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-21A bill Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4755 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2004-09-20A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4837 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2004-09-14A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2004-09-14To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to allocate formula-based grants to State and local governments based on an assessment of threats and vulnerabilities and other factors that the Secretary considers appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2004-09-14To appropriate an additional $350,000,000 to improve the security at points of entry into the United States.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2004-09-14To increase funding for rail and transit security grants.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2004-09-14To require the President to provide to Congress a copy of the Scowcroft Commission report on improving the capabilities of the United States intelligence community.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2004-09-14To provide funds for the Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, and the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2004-09-14To appropriate an additional $625,000,000 for discretionary grants for high-threat, high-density urban areas.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-14To ensure the continuation of benefits for certain individuals providing security services for Federal buildings.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2004-09-14To appropriate an additional $70,000,000 to enhance the security of chemical plants and to provide an offset.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-14To increase the amount appropriated for firefighter assistance grants.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-13To ensure that the Coast Guard has sufficient resources for its traditional core.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-13To appropriate $70,000,000 to support efforts for identification and tracking for shipments of hazardous materials and continue and expand upon the background check system for commercial driver licenses with a HAZMAT endorsement, and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-09To appropriate $70,000,000 for grants to States, local governments, and first responders to purchase or improve communication systems to allow for real-time interoperable communication between State and local first responders and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-09To increase the amount available for port security grants by $300,000,000.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-09To increase the among provided for first responder programs, and to provide offsets.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-09To make available funds for certain border and transportation security programs.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-09-08To prohibit funds from being used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by certain employees of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2004-09-08To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress, at least 60 days prior to award, a report on the results of an Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 competition, to include estimated savings, performance improvements, and the impact on jobs and Federal Government employees.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-08To appropriate an additional $150,000,000 for port security research and development grants.H.R. 4567 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2004-07-22A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2004-06-24A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2004-06-23An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2004-06-02To authorize appropriations for a contingent emergency reserve fund for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2004-05-12To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 1248 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2004-03-12An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionYeaDirection not readable
2004-03-11To strike the provision for raising the debt limit.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2004-03-11Increase discretionary health funding by $2,000,000,000.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To prohibit future income tax hikes on upper incomes that fail to exempt small businesses that file individual income tax returns as partnerships, sole proprietors, or subchapter S corporations.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2004-03-11To lower crude oil prices resulting from the cancellation of planned future deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and using the funding made available to provide $1.7 billion in funding for homeland security grants for first responders, firefighter assistance, and port security, and to reduce the debt.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program by $1 billion and lower the national debt by eliminating tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Indian Health Service Clinical Services by $3.44 billion and lower the national debt by eliminating abusive tax loopholes or reducing tax breaks for individuals with incomes in excess of $1 million per year.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To create a reserve fund to finance an increase in the maximum Pell Grant that keeps pace with the rate of increase in public college tuition, extend Pell Grants to 500,000 new recipients, and close certain tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To restore cuts and increase funding for homeland security programs and reduce the debt by reducing the President's tax breaks for taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million a year.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To ensure that legislation is not enacted that increases the number of taxpayers affected by the alternative minimum tax.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2004-03-11To provide responsible restraints on discretionary funding while providing adequate resources for education, veterans, homeland security, and other critical domestic priorities and fully offsetting the cost by closing corporate tax loopholes, improving tax enforcement and reducing tax breaks for certain individuals.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To provide for increased resources for medical research, disease control, wellness, tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts including substance abuse and mental health services, establishing a fund for this purpose, offset by an increase in the cigarette tax to $1 and proportional increases in other tobacco excise taxes and deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To reduce debt and require the industries responsible for producing products that contaminate toxic waste sites and industries who are exempt from liability for such contamination, to help pay for the cleanup by reinstating the Superfund polluter pays fees, and to reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2004-03-11To increase funding for COPS, Byre grants, and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, and reduce tax breaks for certain individuals.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11To fully fund the FIRE and SAFER Acts and reduce tax breaks for certain individuals.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-11Relative to job creation and taxes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2004-03-10To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-10To strike the outlay reconciliation instruction to the Committee on Finance.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-10To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2004-03-10To increase the amounts provided for national defense for fiscal year 2005 for new budget activity and for outlays.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2004-03-10To provide for consideration of tax cuts outside of reconciliation.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2004-03-10To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act for fiscal year 2005 and lower the national debt by closing tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-09To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $2.7 billion and lower the national debt by reducing the President's tax breaks for taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million a year.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2004-03-09To establish a 60-vote point of order against the consideration of any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit in any fiscal year.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2004-01-22A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2004-01-22A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2004-01-20A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-11-12To provide for certain capitalization grants.H.R. 2861 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-11-12A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2559 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2003-11-12To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 1588 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2003-11-11To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 1588 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaFiscal expansion
2003-11-06A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-11-06Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding country of origin labeling requirements.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2003-11-06To restrict the use of funds for certain conservation programs.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-11-05To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-11-05To prohibit energy market manipulation.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-11-05To improve the operation of energy markets.H.R. 2673 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-11-03A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2691 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-28To authorize appropriations for Foreign Relations and for Foreign Assistance, and to authorize Millennium Challenge Assistance.H.R. 2800 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-10-23A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-23To fund the Election Assistance Commission for fiscal year 2004.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-10-23To prohibit the use of funds for implementing the 2003 revision of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-10-23To substitute a requirement for an annual report on competitive sourcing activities on lists required under the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 that are performed for executive agencies by Federal Government sources, and for other purposes.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-23To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2003.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayFiscal restraint
2003-10-23To prohibit the enforcement of the ban on travel to Cuba.H.R. 2989 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-17To reduce the amount appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount available for Liberia.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To prohibit the use of funds for the involuntary deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom of members of the National Guard and Reserves who have been involuntarily deployed for more than six months during the preceding six years.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To prohibit the use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds for low priority activities that should not be the responsibility of U.S. taxpayers, and shift $600 million from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund to Defense Operations and Maintenance, Army, for significantly improving efforts to secure and destroy conventional weapons, such as bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles, in Iraq.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To establish a National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To provide funds for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on HIV/AIDS.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-10-17To make retroactive the relief of hospitalized members of the uniformed services from the obligation to pay for food or subsistence while hospitalized; and to provide an offset for the additional cost.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-17To promote the establishment of an Iraq Reconstruction Finance Authority and the use of Iraqi oil revenues to pay for reconstruction in Iraq.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-17To achieve the most effective means of reconstructing Iraq and to reduce the future costs to the American taxpayer of such reconstruction by ensuring broad-based international cooperation for this effort.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-10-17To ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform certain service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-10-16To require that funds for reconstruction in Iraq be used for certain purposes.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection 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.