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John W. Warner

John W. Warner on Spending & Budget

RepublicanVA

Spending & Budget2,190 votes · 84.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

3,694 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 2,190 of them counted toward the score above: 1,202 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 988 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 1,504 did not count: 1,459 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 45 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
2003-04-03To increase funds for Protection and Preparedness of high threat areas under the Office for Domestic Preparedness.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-04-03To express the sense of the Senate on paying the costs of the war with Iraq.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-04-03To protect the prerogatives of the Congress in the allocation of homeland security funding.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-04-03To allocate additional funds for certain federal homeland security programs.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-04-03To remove unauthorized and earmarked appropriations.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal restraint
2003-04-03To set aside $30,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security for research and development and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from the threat posed by man-portable air defense systems.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-04-02To appropriate $1, 047,000,000 for procurement for the National Guard and Reserves.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-04-02Relative to port security.S. 762 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-26An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Concurrent ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-26To express the sense of the Senate regarding extending the $1,000 child credit for three additional years (2011-2013).S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-26To extend the child tax credit until the year 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-26To provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, guard, and reserve forces, such as augmenting Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation allowance, and for modernization of equipment, weapons, and technology needs of the National Guard and Reserves in recognition of those currently involved in conflict Operations and the needs of their family members left behind.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-26To increase the budget allocation for programs to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-26To provide full and mandatory funding for IDEA beginning in FY2004.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To restore funding for programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To express the sense of the Senate on low income programs and the income tax on certain Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2003-03-25To provide for a $150 billion revenue stimulus for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 without adding to the long-term debt.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To restore education cuts.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To restore funding for vocational education to the fiscal year 2003 level for fiscal years 2004 through 2013.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25In the nature of a substitute.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-03-25To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-03-25To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Act ("Byrne Grant" program) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, and to reduce the deficit, by reducing the size of newly proposed tax cuts.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local governments to hire additional firefighters and not less that $750,000,000 per year for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training, and to provide for a reduction in the deficit.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2003-03-25To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax reductions for taxpayers with annual incomes greater then $300,000, and to provide an additional $3,000,000,000 for deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To foster greater debate in the Senate and to prevent further increases in the deficit by striking the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-03-25To provide a substitute.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-03-25To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve Personnel and their families on a continual basis, offset with reductions to the tax cut.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-25To increase discretionary health spending for fiscal year 2004 by $2,800,000,000 and make an offsetting reduction in overall administrative expenses.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-21To make available funds for certain transportation programs.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To make available funds for the COPS program.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To provide adequate funds for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To reduce tax cut to $350 billion.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To reduce the reconciliation instruction by $375 billion, reduce the size of tax cuts allowed by $980 billion and to reduce deficits by $1.1 Trillion.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To increase FY 2004 funding for the discretionary programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs by $1,019,000,000, so it matches the level proposed by a coalition of veterans groups in the Independent Budget; to decrease the deficit by a similar amount; and to use the unreconciled tax cut to pay for it.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To raise the 2003 caps by $3.5 billion for homeland security funding through a Domestic Defense Fund at the Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in FY 2003 and to reduce the size of newly proposed tax cuts in the amount of $7 billion to pay for this amendment and for the cost of previously passed homeland security funding.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individualS.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To increase funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-21To provide full funding for the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) part B grants over ten years by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest tax payers.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To eliminate tax cuts.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To restore national security funding.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To set aside a reserve fund for possible military action and reconstruction in Iraq.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-21To make additional funds available for certain homeland security needs.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-03-21To provide immediate assistance to meet pressing homeland security needs by providing funding in 2003 for first responders, port security, bioterrorism preparedness and prevention, border security and transit security, the FBI; to restore the elimination of funding of the COPS program, firefighter equipment grants, Byrne Grants and Local Law enforcement grants; to provide a sustained commitment of resources for homeland security needs without reducing funding to other key domestic law enforcement and public safety priorities; and to reduce the deficit.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-03-20To express the sense of the Senate concerning State fiscal relief.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-20To provide a meaningful prescription drug benefit in Medicare that is available to all beneficiaries.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-20To provide financial security to family farm and small business owners by ending the unfair practice of taxing someone at death.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-03-19To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act in 2004 and reduce debt by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-19To prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-03-18To redirect $1.214 trillion in revenues that would have been lost by implementing the President's entire tax cut agenda into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long-term.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-03-18To prevent further deficit increases, except for national and homeland security and short-term effects of measures providing for economic recovery, until the President submits to Congress a detailed estimate of the full cost of the conflict with Iraq.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal expansion
2003-02-13Joint Resolution making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-23Joint Resolution making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-23To increase the appropriation for the Hazardous Substance Superfund.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-01-23To prohibit funds to be used to establish, apply, or enforce certain goals relating to Federal employees and public-private competitions or work force conversions, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-01-23To propose a substitute.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-01-23To increase appropriations for workforce investment activities.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-01-23To reduce the total construction general account in the Corps of Engineers, Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, etc., account by $14,750,000 and restore the appropriation for the Yazoo Basin Backwater Pumping Plant to the $250,000 level recommended by the President.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-23To require completion of the feasibility study required by Public Law 105-245, and the other requirements of that law relating to construction of an emergency outlet at Devils Lake, North Dakota, before any appropriated funds are spent for the project.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-23To improve health care under the medicare and medicaid programs.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-23To increase funding for reducing health disparities and promoting minority health.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-01-23To restrict funds made available for IMET assistance for Indonesian military personnel to "Expanded International Military Education and Training" assistance unless certain conditions are met.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal expansion
2003-01-22To provide special minimum funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2003-01-22To make additional appropriations for emergency relief activities.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-01-22To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-22To provide agricultural assistance.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-22To expend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the MotionNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-22To require a study of the final rule relating to prevention of significant deterioration and nonattainment new source review to determine the effects of the final rule on air pollution and human health.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2003-01-22To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2003-01-21To provide additional amounts for low-income home energy assistance.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-17To strike section 211 of Division B.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2003-01-17To nullify all across-the-board rescissions contained in this joint resolution.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-17To restore funding for nondiscretionary Byrne grants to a level of $500,000,000.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaFiscal restraint
2003-01-16To provide additional funding for education.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-16To provide additional funding for innovative programs at the state and local level.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaFiscal expansion
2003-01-16To provide additional funds for certain homeland security measures.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2003-01-16To provide additional funds for certain homeland security measures.H.J.Res. 2 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayFiscal restraint
2002-11-19A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.H.J.Res. 124 · 107th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaFiscal expansion
2002-10-16A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.H.R. 5010 · 107th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2002-10-03A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.H.R. 2215 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2002-09-25To provide funds to repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression.H.R. 5093 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2002-09-23To provide funds to repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression.H.R. 5093 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2002-09-23To prohibit the expenditure of funds to recognize Indian tribes and tribal nations until the date of implementation of certain administrative procedures.H.R. 5093 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2002-09-17To provide funds to repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression.H.R. 5093 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayFiscal restraint
2002-09-10To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.H.R. 5093 · 107th Congress · On the MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2002-08-01A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.H.R. 5010 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2002-07-25A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.H.R. 5121 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2002-07-24A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.H.R. 4775 · 107th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaFiscal expansion
2002-07-18A 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, 2003, and for other purposes.H.R. 5011 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2002-06-27An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 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.S. 2514 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFiscal expansion
2002-06-27An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 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.S. 2514 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaFiscal expansion
2002-06-11A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit.S. 2578 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayFiscal 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.