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Ken Salazar on Spending & Budget

DemocratCO

Spending & Budget298 votes · 86.3/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

431 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 298 of them counted toward the score above: 226 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 72 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 133 did not count: 133 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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
2005-03-17To expand access to preventive health care services that reduce unintended pregnancy (including teen pregnancy), reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To express the sense of the Senate that the tax cuts assumed in the budget resolution should include the repeal of the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To provide the flexibility to consider all available transportation funding options.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17Relative to transportation funding.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17Relative to funding to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To ensure that legislation to make cuts in agriculture programs receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, rather than being fast-tracked under reconciliation procedures.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17Relative to education funding.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To modify the designation authority for an emergency requirement.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To fully fund the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To restore funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To protect the American people from terrorist attacks by restoring $565 million in cuts to vital first-responder programs in the Department of Homeland Security, including the State Homeland Security Grant program, by providing $150 million for port security grants and by providing $140 million for 1,000 new border patrol agents.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To repeal the tax subsidy for certain domestic companies which move manufacturing operations and American jobs offshore.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2005-03-17To establish a reserve fund in the event that legislation is passed to provide a 50 percent tax credit to employers that continue to pay the salaries of Guard and Reserve employees who have been called to active duty.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To restore the Perkins Vocational Education program and provide for deficit reduction paid for through the elimination of the phase out of the personal exemption limitation and itemized deduction limitation for high-income taxpayers now scheduled to start in 2006.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2005-03-17To provide for full consideration of tax cuts in the Senate under regular order.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-17To create a reserve fund for the establishment of a Bipartisan Medicaid Commission to consider and recommend appropriate reforms to the Medicaid program, and to strike Medicaid cuts to protect states and vulnerable populations.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-17To express the sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid reconciliation legislation consistent with recommendations from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-03-16To increase discretionary health and education funding by $2,000,000,000.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2005-03-16To increase veterans medical care by $2.8 billion in 2006.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
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 AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2005-03-16To strike section 201(a)(4) relative to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.S.Con.Res. 18 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection 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 AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
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 AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
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 AmendmentYeaDirection 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 AmendmentNayDirection 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 AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
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 AmendmentYeaFiscal 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.