Jeff Sessions on Spending & Budget

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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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1997-02-26	To propose a substitute amendment. — (SENATE TABLED DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 17, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-26	To permit limited waiver during economic emergencies and allow a capital budget. — (SENATE REJECTED TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 15, TO PERMIT LIMITED WAIVER WHEN A DECLARATION OF WAR IS IN EFFECT, NATIONAL SECURITY IS THREATENED, DURING ECONOMIC EMERGENCIES, AND ALLOW A CAPITAL BUDGET.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1997-02-26	In the nature of a substitute. — (SENATE TABLED FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 11, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-25	To require that the outlay and receipt totals of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds not be included as a part of the budget totals. — (SENATE TABLED REID AMENDMENT NO. 8, TO REQUIRE THAT THE OUTLAY AND RECEIPT TOTALS OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS NOT BE INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE BUDGET TOTALS.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-25	A joint resolution approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper functioning of the population planning program. — (SENATE AGREED TO H.J. RES. 36, APPROVING THE PRESIDENTIAL FINDING THAT THE LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION 518A(A) OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1997, IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE POPULATION PLANNING PROGRAM.)H.J.Res. 36 · 105th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1997-02-24	To strike the reliance on estimates and receipts. — (SENATE TABLED BYRD MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 6, TO STRIKE THE RELIANCE ON ESTIMATES AND RECEIPTS.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-12	To simplify the conditions for a declaration of an imminent and serious threat to national security. — (SENATE TABLED DODD MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 4, TO SIMPLIFY THE CONDITIONS FOR A DECLARATION OF AN IMMINENT AND SERIOUS THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-11	To state the policy of the United States that, in achieving a balanced budget, Federal outlays should not be reduced in a manner that disproportionately affects outlays for education, nutrition, and health programs for poor children. — (SENATE TABLED WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3, TO STATE THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES THAT, IN ACHIEVING A BALANCED BUDGET, FEDERAL OUTLAYS SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED IN A MANNER THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS OUTLAYS FOR EDUCATION, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR POOR CHILDREN.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-02-10	To allow waiver of the article in the event of an economic recession or serious economic emergency. — (SENATE REJECTED DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 2, TO ALLOW FOR THE WAIVER OF THE ARTICLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ECONOMIC RECESSION OR SERIOUS ECONOMIC EMERGENCY WITH A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.)S.J.Res. 1 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Fiscal restraint

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.