Maxine Waters on Spending & Budget

DemocratCA

Spending & Budget1,499 votes · 61.8/100 consistent

Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

5,305 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Spending & Budget. 1,499 of them counted toward the score above: 988 toward “Fiscal expansion” and 511 toward “Fiscal restraint”.

The other 3,806 did not count: 3,727 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 79 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
1991-03-07	(HOUSE REJECTED THE KOLBE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ADD FUNDS FOR THREE HOUSING PROGRAMS; $500,000,000 FOR THE HOME PROGRAM, $165,000,000 FOR THE HOPE PROGRAM, AND $122,000,000 FOR THE SHELTER PLUS CARE PROGRAM.)H.R. 1281 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal restraint
1991-03-07	(HOUSE REJECTED THE BURTON AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE PROHIBITING MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR ANY OVERHAUL OF THE USS KENNEDY COSTING LESS THAN THE SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM.)H.R. 1281 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
1991-03-07	H.R.1281 BY WHITTEN (D-MS) -- DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, FOOD STAMPS, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION, VETERANS COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS, AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-27, APPROVED 4/10/91) (HOUSE REJECTED THE VALENTINE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO DELETE A $650,000,000 APPROPRIATION FOR ISRAEL TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS RESULTING FROM THE CONFLICT IN THE PERSIAN GULF.)H.R. 1281 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Fiscal expansion
1991-03-05	COMMODITY FUTURES IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1991 — H.R.707 BY ENGLISH (D-OK) -- FUTURES TRADING PRACTICES ACT OF 1992 (PUB. L. 102-546, APPROVED 10/28/92) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 707, AMENDED, TO IMPROVE THE REGULATION OF FUTURES TRADING AND TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION.)H.R. 707 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS AS AMENDED	Yea	Fiscal expansion
1991-01-03	RULES FOR THE 102ND CONGRESS — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MICHEL MOTION TO COMMIT THE RESOLUTION TO A SELECT COMMITTEE TO BE COMPRISED OF THE MAJORITY LEADER AND THE MINORITY LEADER WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH ONLY TWO AMENDMENTS PROVIDING THAT COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REPORT TO THE HOUSE NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30, 1991, A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; THAT NOT LATER THAN TEN LEGISLATIVE DAYS AFTER THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REPORTS THE RESOLUTION, THE COMMITTEE ON RULES REPORT AN OPEN RULE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION; THAT, IF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HAS NOT REPORTED THE JOINT RESOLUTION BY THE DATE SPECIFIED, THE COMMITTEE ON THE RULES REPORT WITHIN TEN LEGISLATIVE DAYS AN OPEN RULE RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST JOING RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE 102D CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; AND THAT, IF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES HAS NOT REPORTED SUCH A RULE WITHIN THOSE TEN DAYS, IT BE MADE IN ORDER FOR ANY MEMBER TO MOVE, UNDER PRIVILEGE OF THE HOUSE, THAT THE HOUSE CONSIDER THE FIRST JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE 102D CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO TEN HOURS OF DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED, AND TO BE OPEN FOR AMENDMENT UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE.)H.Res. 5 · 102nd Congress · COMMIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS	Nay	Fiscal 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.